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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRINKS-SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE ST. PETERSBURG' SERIES
Lot 51

A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRINKS-SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE ST. PETERSBURG' SERIES

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE

Closed4 June 2013

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GBP 3,750

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRINKS-SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE ST. PETERSBURG' SERIES
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
Modelled by P. Reinicke, standing, bearded and holding a tray of beakers on his head, a black pitcher in his left hand, wearing a black hat, a brown coat tied with a striped belt, buff breeches and black shoes, before a tree-stump on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to pitcher, chip to hem of coat and flaking to brown enamels, chip to leaf on base)
7 in. (18 cm.) high

Specialist note

See the footnote to the preceding lot. Examples of this model are illustrated by Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 138, and by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Meissen, Collection Franz E. Burda, Augsburg, 1997, p. 140, no. 62, where the author mentions that this figure is often interpreted as a vodka seller.