A COPENHAGEN (ROYAL DANISH PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY) FIGURE OF A BOY EMBLEMATIC OF FIRE

CIRCA 1782, BLUE WAVE MARK

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A COPENHAGEN (ROYAL DANISH PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY) FIGURE OF A BOY EMBLEMATIC OF FIRE
Circa 1782, blue wave mark
In yellow-edged red coat, striped waistcoat and breeches, modelled seated on a rock, on a shaped mound base
3.1/8in. (8cm.) high

Lot Essay

See S.B. Fredstrup, Figurer Og Andre Plastike Arbejder fra den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik I Perioden 1780-1820, Copenhagen, 1939, pp. 66, no. 3 for another example of the model created by the factory circa 1782 for its first series of the Elements. Only figures of Air, Water and Fire are known.