CIRCA 1750, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY LATER

An almost identical sheep with a very similar ormolu mount in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Jones Collection) is illustrated by W.B. Honey, Dresden China (London, 1934), pl. XLVIII (b). These models were first executed in 1747, and Kändler's workbooks for April 1747 list Etliche Schaafe von feiner Grösse, sowohl stehende als liegende, corrigiret, zerschnitten.. and in the following month Reinicke's list 1 liegend Schaf zum Basseng in thon boussiert. For pendant examples modelled in reverse from the present examples, see Carl Albiker, Die Meissener Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert (Berlin, 1959), nos. 209 and 213.