A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARROT (PAPAGEI)

CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE UNDERSIDE, COLLECTOR'S M IN BLACK INK, MODELLED BY J.J. KNDLER

Details
A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARROT (PAPAGEI)
Circa 1742, blue crossed swords mark to the underside, collector's M in black ink, modelled by J.J. Kndler
With green, yellow and purplish-blue plumage, perched on a leafy tree-stump looking down at three almonds
6in. (15.2cm.) high
Provenance
Ilse Bischoff, Heartland, Vermont

Lot Essay

See Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen and other Continental Porcelain, Faience and Enamel, The Irwin Untermyer Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1956, plate 7, fig. 9 for an example of the model on a shorter tree-stump.