A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A SEATED BOY AND GIRL CIRCA 1880

after the models by M.V.Acier, the girl seated on a stool reading a book, a basket of flowers beneath the stool, the boy on the back of his chair holding his hat in his left hand and two cherries in his right hand, a basket of cherries beneath his chair, each raised on a circular base heightened in pink and gilding

crossed swords in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers F.51, impressed 62, iron-red painter's numerals 16

Quantity: 2

CATALOGUE NOTE

Engravings of the original models are illustrated by T.H.Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser 1785-1792, p.75, figs.60 and 61. The author notes (p.29) that the figures were originally modelled by Acier in December 1776 and January 1777.

A similar figure to the model of the girl sold in these rooms, 3rd July 2003, lot 157.