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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP, 'THE NOBLE DECISION'
Lot 312

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP, 'THE NOBLE DECISION'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. J.60., IMPRESSED 122, IRON-RED 18., AFTER A MODEL BY J.C. SCHÖNHEIT

Closed15 April 2011

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP, 'THE NOBLE DECISION'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. J.60., IMPRESSED 122, IRON-RED 18., AFTER A MODEL BY J.C. SCHÖNHEIT
Modeled as a lady being courted by two gentlemen, on an oval rocky base molded with acanthus leaf-tips and enriched in gilt
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high

Specialist note

Based on a drawing by Schenau, this is one the last models Schönheit created in the style of his predecessor Acier. For a further discussion and line drawing of this model see T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser 1785-1792, London, 1988, p. 52 and 108, no. 187.