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A Meissen figure of a woodcutter circa 1745-50
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description
- crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
- 13.5cm., 5 1/4 in.
modelled by J.J. Kändler, using an axe to split a plank of wood, wearing a black hat, yellow vest with gilt buttons, white shirt and brown breeches
Catalogue Note
Kändler's Taxa of November, 1745, records: Bauer, so das geschnittene Holz hauet, oder spaltet, zu der Graff Brühl. Conditorey [a farmer, chopping or splitting wood, to Count Brühl's confectionary]. A similar figure was sold in these Rooms, 3rd July 2003, lot 67.