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Lot 195

A Meissen group of 'The Good Mother', 19th century

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen group of 'The Good Mother', 19th century

After the 18th century model by M.V. Acier, the mother seated on an armchair wearing a purple dress and yellow shawl, a baby on her lap and a young boy climbing onto the left armrest and leaning on her shoulder, another boy seated on a stool to her right and playing with a pack of cards together with the baby, the oval base moulded with gilt classical frieze, 22.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number E 69, impressed numeral and painter's mark 80 (very minor restoration)

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Modelled by Acier in 1774; see S. & T. Bergmann, Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A1 - Z99 (2014), no. 23.

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