Live Auction 16216A London Season: Works Of Art From A Private Collection in Eaton Square
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A LION AND LIONESS
Lot 67

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A LION AND LIONESS

THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY

Closed21 November 2018

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A LION AND LIONESS
THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY
Modelled in recumbent pose, their coats coloured in tones of brown, on pierced scrolled rocaille bases
The lion base 17 in. (43.1 cm.) long

Specialist note

Two similar models in the Dresden Schloss are illustrated by Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1959, nos. 159 and 160, where he notes that the models by J.J. Kändler appear in his Taxa for 1740 - 1748 described as "1 Löwe, mittelmässiger Grösse, liegend mit offenen Rachen, vor Ihro Königl. Maj. 4 Thlr".