A HÖCHST GROUP OF TWO CHILDREN IN TURKISH DRESS ('ALS TÜRKEN MASKIERTE KINDER') AND A FRANKENTHAL FIGURE OF A TRADESMAN
CIRCA 1770, THE FIRST WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROWNED WHEEL MARK, INCISED J. R MARK, THE SECOND WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE LION RAMPANT MARK, IMPRESSED H/I MARK
The Höchst group modelled by Johann Peter Melchior as a girl and boy in costume with their arms around one another and sharing a drink from a flask between them, each wearing pink and turquoise costume, on a grassy rocky mound base, slight chipping; the Frankenthal tradesman modelled standing holding a tied bundle over his right shoulder, on a circular puce and gilt rococo scroll-moulded base, stick lacking in right hand, knapsack cracked and restored, left hand cracked and restored, thumb lacking, flaked retouching to black enamel, slight chipping to footrim
The first 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high; the second 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high (2)
A HÖCHST GROUP OF TWO CHILDREN IN TURKISH DRESS ('ALS TÜRKEN MASKIERTE KINDER') AND A FRANKENTHAL FIGURE OF A TRADESMAN
CIRCA 1770, THE FIRST WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROWNED WHEEL MARK, INCISED J. R MARK, THE SECOND WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE LION RAMPANT MARK, IMPRESSED H/I MARK
The Höchst group modelled by Johann Peter Melchior as a girl and boy in costume with their arms around one another and sharing a drink from a flask between them, each wearing pink and turquoise costume, on a grassy rocky mound base, slight chipping; the Frankenthal tradesman modelled standing holding a tied bundle over his right shoulder, on a circular puce and gilt rococo scroll-moulded base, stick lacking in right hand, knapsack cracked and restored, left hand cracked and restored, thumb lacking, flaked retouching to black enamel, slight chipping to footrim
The first 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high; the second 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high (2)
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