A Meissen porcelain-and painted tôle-mounted gilt-bronze encrier the Meissen figure of Autumn, circa 1745, the A. Höchst figure of a seated girl, circa 1767, the mounts Louis XV/XVI Transitional third quarter 18th Century

depicting a tavern scene with a tipsy seated female figure on a bench beneath a canapé bedecked with flowers and leaves with a table surmounted by a beer barrel, flagon and funnel, the hinged top opening to reveal an ink pot and sander with a the male figure of Autumn in front of an open barrel on a rockwork base

Marcel Bissey, Paris
Sold from the Estate of the late Giuseppe Rossi, in these Rooms, Vol. II, 10th-12th March 1999, lot 650.

Some retouching to painted tôle and very minor flaking. The glass formerly in the inkpot is now missing and top of the tap on the barrel is missing. A very unusual piece. In overall very good original condition.
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