Lot 77
77
A MEISSEN MODEL OF A RED SQUIRREL

Details
A MEISSEN MODEL OF A RED SQUIRREL
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK AND BLACK 9. ON BASE, MODELLED BY J.J. KAENDLER

Naturalistically modelled seated on his haunches holding a nut in his teeth, a black collar and dangling link chain at his neck, on an oval mound base applied with flowers and foliage, some restoration to ears, chain and claws
8½in. (21cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Linda Horvitz Roth, J. Pierpont Morgan, Collector, European Decorative Arts at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1987, pp. 158 - 159, fig. 57 for another example of this model; and Jacques Mühsam Collection, Berlin sold at Glückselig, Vienna, April 27-30, 1925, lot 74