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Lot 185

A rare pair of Meissen 'Cryes of London' figures of Quakers, circa 1750

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A rare pair of Meissen 'Cryes of London' figures of Quakers, circa 1750

Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kaendler, the man wearing a black hat, yellow cape, lavender jacket and purole breeches, the lady wearing a white headscarf, yellow bodice, purple skirt and white apron, the bases moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 10.5cm and 10.8cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue to rear of bases, impressed 1 to lady (some restoration) (2)

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Literature:
L. & Y. Adams. Meissen Portrait Figures (1987), pp. 130 and 131

After pls. 70 (John the Quaker) and 71 (The London Quaker) from 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life' of 1688, published by Pierce Tempest after Mercellus Laroon II.

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