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Two Meissen models of goldfinches
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Two Meissen models of goldfinches

CIRCA 1745

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Two Meissen models of goldfinches
CIRCA 1745
Modelled to the left and right and naturally coloured with brown, black, red and yellow plumage, perched on tree-stumps, one applied with a leafy branch (both with restorations to beaks, wings, tails and tree-stumps)
Approximately 5½ in. (14 cm.) high (2)
Literature
The right-hand finch, Guttmann Catalogue, no. 112.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

A similar pair of goldfinches are illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), nos. 1113 and 1114. Also see the examples sold in these Rooms on 9th October 1995, lot 119, and on 7th October 1996, lot 466.

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