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A rare Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a meat roaster, circa 1755
7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,250 inc. premium
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A rare Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a meat roaster, circa 1755
Modelled by Peter Reinicke, holding a trussed turkey at the end of a pole, with a knife in his right hand and another at his waist, wearing a white soft hat, shirt and apron and green breeches, the base modelled with gilt-edged scrollwork, 14cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base, impressed 34 (some restoration)
Footnotes
Modelled by Reinicke in 1753-54 after a drawing by Christophe Huet of 1753, for which see Martin Eberle, Cris de Paris: Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts (2001), no. 26.
