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THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A GALLANT, A COMPANION AND A GENTLEMAN IN FOLK COSTUME
Lot 356

THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A GALLANT, A COMPANION AND A GENTLEMAN IN FOLK COSTUME

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODEL NOS. 2696, 1783 AND Q 190 E, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS

Closed15 April 2011

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THREE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A GALLANT, A COMPANION AND A GENTLEMAN IN FOLK COSTUME
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODEL NOS. 2696, 1783 AND Q 190 E, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS
Each on a rocaille-molded base; the gallant holding a posy, a hound at his feet; the companion dancing; the gentleman in traditional folk dress, his hat with pendant ribbons
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, the gallant (3)

Specialist note

The figure adorned in ribbons and scarves is from a series of figures in national dress modeled to order by Spiler in Dresden. See Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China an Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 101 for others in this series.