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Lot 209

A Meissen group of the 'Broken Eggs', late 19th century

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen group of the 'Broken Eggs', late 19th century

After the model by M.V. Acier of 1777, depicting two ladies, one turning away, the other seated reaching up to the first and pointing to a basket of broken eggs at her feet, a cupid kneeling in front, on an oval base with a gilt classical frieze, 13.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number F. 65, impressed numeral (one head restuck)

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The model was completed in April 1777 by Acier with the help of Schönheit; see T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsässer 1785-1792 (1988), no. 68. Another example is illustrated in S. & T. Bergmann, Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A1 - Z99 (2014), no. 30.

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