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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A COOK FROM THE 'CRIS DE PARIS SERIES'
Lot 33

A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A COOK FROM THE 'CRIS DE PARIS SERIES'

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE

Closed3 June 2015

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GBP 3,500

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A COOK FROM THE 'CRIS DE PARIS SERIES'
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Modelled by P. Reinicke, a knife tucked into his apron, standing before a brick stove and holding a saucepan, on a scroll-moulded mound base enriched in gilding (slight wear to gilding on base)
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

The Meissen ‘Cris de Paris’ series of street-vendors was modelled by P. Reinicke and overseen by J.J. Kändler after a series of drawings produced by Christophe Hüet in 1753 (see page 64 for an illustration of this drawing). Work began in 1753-4 and it became the most extensive series made at the Meissen manufactory. For an example of this figure see Martin Eberle, Cris de Paris Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 2001, p. 86, no. 29.