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A Meissen figure of a liquorice water seller from the "Cris de Paris," circa 1755 image 1
A Meissen figure of a liquorice water seller from the "Cris de Paris," circa 1755 image 2
A Meissen figure of a liquorice water seller from the "Cris de Paris," circa 1755 image 3
Lot 28*

A Meissen figure of a liquorice water seller from the "Cris de Paris," circa 1755

2 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A Meissen figure of a liquorice water seller from the "Cris de Paris," circa 1755

Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a pink tunic and grey hat, carrying a tank on his back and a mug in his left hand, a flask strapped to his left hip, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 14.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to edge of base, incised "24" to base (tap missing, chipped fingers)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private German collection of Meissen porcelain;
Anon. sale, Bonhams Paris, 29 October 2024, lot 60 (part)

Literature:
Eberle, Martin, Cris de Paris. Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts, 2001, no. 44

Exhibited:
Leipzig, Gohliser Schlößchen, Sachsens Gold im Schlößchen, 29 April-10 June 2001.

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