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Lot 85*

A Meissen yarn winder
circa 1765

5 December 2012, 13:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen yarn winder

circa 1765
painted with various naturalistic flowers, including roses and chrysanthemum, 5.5 cm diam.,

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Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 132

Pietsch notes that this piece is most likely to be modelled by Peter Reinicke, whos work records of December 1765 state that he repaired one yarn winder in clay (1 Zwirnwinde in Thon repariert).

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