A CHELSEA FIGURE OF A NIGHT-WATCHMAN
CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARK
Modelled after the Meissen original from the Cris de Paris series, standing beside a tree-stump, holding a lantern in his right hand and a basket of bottles in his left, in a black hat, a lilac cloak, yellow jacket, white shirt and green breeches, the base applied with flowers and leaves and moulded with gilt rococo scrolls (restoration to hat and handle of basket, chipping to leaves on base)
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
A CHELSEA FIGURE OF A NIGHT-WATCHMAN
CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARK
Modelled after the Meissen original from the Cris de Paris series, standing beside a tree-stump, holding a lantern in his right hand and a basket of bottles in his left, in a black hat, a lilac cloak, yellow jacket, white shirt and green breeches, the base applied with flowers and leaves and moulded with gilt rococo scrolls (restoration to hat and handle of basket, chipping to leaves on base)
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high