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Lot 489

Three Meissen figures of putti, late 19th century

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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Three Meissen figures of putti, late 19th century

After the models by M.V. Acier, one with a quiver of arrows, another with a torch lighting a brazier and the third reaching towards a winged heart, all on canted triangular bases embellished with plaques with French mottoes, the tallest: 14cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, one with two cancellation marks, incised model numbers F 2, F 4 and F 13, various impressed numerals and painters' marks (minor losses) (3)

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Sixteen figures of putti, each inscribed with a French motto, were modelled by M.V. Acier between 1775 and 1778; see Clarke 1988, no. 36-51, p.27-28 and S. & T. Bergmann, Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A1 - Z99 (2014), nos. 185, 187 and 196. The three models in the present lot date from July 1775 (Je les balance), August 1775 (Je les enflamme) and November 1777 (Je découvre tout).

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