A Meissen porcelain figure of a shepherd piper, circa 1750

modelled by J. J. Kändler and Peter Reinicke, standing resting his left arm against a tree stump, playing a pipe, with a hound at his feet, upon a small mound base applied with flowers, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base,

There is restoration to the brim of his hat, and to his fingers. There is a chip to the lower right corner of his coat. There are scattered areas of re-touching to the green enamel of his coat. There is a hairline crack around his left foot. The hound's left ear is missing with old restoration residue.
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This Meissen model served as a template for the English porcelain manufactories where slightly varying figures were produced at Derby, Bow and Chelsea. A closely related Chelsea Gold anchor example was in the Dr. Peter Bradshaw collection, sold at Bonhams, 24th January 2007, lot 8.