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A MEISSEN GROUP OF A NANNY AND TWO CHILDREN
Lot 520

A MEISSEN GROUP OF A NANNY AND TWO CHILDREN

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE, PRESSNUMMER 6

Closed25 October 2011

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GBP 2,250

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF A NANNY AND TWO CHILDREN
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE, PRESSNUMMER 6
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, the nanny in a white headscarf and flowered dress, seated on a gilt scroll-moulded chair, with one child on her knee in a puce riding habit, another seated on a stool at her feet, on a shaped gilt scroll moulded base applied with flowers
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), pl. 251, no. 1025 for the example in the Residenz, Ansbach. Also see the examples sold in these Rooms on 2 July 1990, lot 44, 15 October 1990, lot 155 and 21 November 2005, lot 104.