A Ludwigsburg group ca. 1775, some restorations
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A rare Ludwigsburg figure group, circa 1762-72
Modelled as a tailor seated on a billy goat, a roll of fabric serving as a saddle cloth, two other rolls of fabric and a measuring stick below the goat, the man's goat trapping two women under its hooves, 20.5cm high, double C in underglaze-blue to the base, (the tailor's hands and one of the goat's horns restored)
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
€940 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800

Footnotes

  • For the model see H.D. Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (1997), cat. no. 13, here described as 'Schneider Satire, Mann reitend', modelled by Johann Jacob Louis, who was one of the factory's most productive modellers.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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