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A rare pair of Meissen figures decorated in London, circa 1755 image 1
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A rare pair of Meissen figures decorated in London, circa 1755

Fine Glass and British Ceramics
15 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare pair of Meissen figures decorated in London, circa 1755

Of a shepherd and shepherdess, a dog on her right knee and a sheep at her feet, he with a dog and a lamb at his feet and holding a basket of fruit, on scrollwork bases applied with leaves and flowers, unusually decorated in London, the shepherd's billowing cloak with an interpretation of indianische Blumen, her skirt painted with individual flower sprigs, 26.5cm and 28.5cm high, traces of crossed swords marks in underglaze blue to rear of bases (some restoration) (2)

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Related painting is found on Chinese porcelain painted in London and on dry-edge Derby figures. See Stephen Hanscombe, The Early James Giles (2008), catalogue nos 82-84 for a group of early Derby figures decorated in the same palette as the shepherd. Although examples of London-decorated Meissen are recorded, they are rarely found.

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