CIRCA 1745

Details

A pair of Meissen figures of a huntsman and companion
CIRCA 1745
Possibly modelled by J.F. Eberlein, both in black tricorn hats, the huntsman wearing a green frock-coat and breeches, black boots and with a dog at his side, loading his musket, his companion wearing a blue-lined pale-yellow jacket, black bodice and white dress, holding a musket over her left shoulder, both on mound bases applied with coloured flowers and foliage (huntsman broken through and extensively restored, her hat, musket and hands restored)
7 in. (18 cm.) and 6¾ in. (17 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Graf zu Solms-Laubach, Sammlungskatalog no. 22.

Literature

Guttmann Catalogue, no. 24.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

For another similar example of the huntsman, see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), no. 971, where he quotes the factory records: Eberlein, December 1743, Einen Jäger, wie er seine Büchse laden thut, auch di Jagd-Tasche mit Rephühnern auf dem Rücken hat, und einen Hund neben sich, in Thon verfert. A similar pair of figures are illustrated by Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (London, 1987), col. pl. V. A similar example of the huntsman was sold in these Rooms on 30th June 1986, lot 33, and a similar pair of figures were sold in these Rooms on 1st December 1980, lot 182 (where his companion was holding a falcon).

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