Lot 34
  • 34

Berlin figure of an hurdy-gurdy player circa 1775

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • sceptre mark in underglaze-blue, incised  T

  • 16cm., 6 ¼in.
modelled by W. C. Meyer, playing a hurdy-gurdy with his right hand, wearing a black hat, yellow coat and puce breeches

Catalogue Note

A similar figure is illustrated by Georg Lenz, Berliner Porzellan 1763-1786, vol.2., pl.118, nr.553.