A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE QUACK DOCTOR FROM THE 'CRIES OF LONDON SERIES'
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE QUACK DOCTOR FROM THE 'CRIES OF LONDON SERIES'

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed31 May 2012

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GBP 10,000

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE QUACK DOCTOR FROM THE 'CRIES OF LONDON SERIES'
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, in black broad-brimmed hat, a black yellow-lined cape held by a chain and puce jacket and trousers, a dagger held by a black belt at his side, stepping across his marbled trunk of potions with a monkey in a turquoise jacket, on a circular scroll-moulded base applied with three bottles, a container, an open book and flowers and leaves (restoration to corner of cape, left hand, right wrist and cuff, monkey's left leg and one bottle, minor chips)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Specialist note

This figure is modelled after the engraving by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon the Elder, from the series 'The Cryes of the City of London', first published in 1711; see Hans Syz et al., Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington D.C., 1979, pp. 446-447, no. 294 for an illustration and list of other examples of the model.