A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN PARROTS, 19TH CENTURY |

after the model by J. J. Kändler, traces of crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue

M. & R. Geneen, Grosvenor Galleries, London, December 1925;
acquired by Major Ion Harrison from the above.

Both models are in overall good appearance. One example has a tail feather chip re-stuck with an old glue repair. The other example with the lower part of the left wing cleanly re-stuck. Both have some scattered nibble chips to edges of base.
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One of the models is listed in Kändler's work records in June 1765, the translated description is as follows, 'For his Administrator Royal Highness (Franz Xaver Prince of Saxony and Poland), modelled a parrot, which is nearly one Elle high, it is sitting on a branch or on a stick, which is surrounded by rocks, as if he is screaming with slightly outstretched wings, presented in the most naturalistic and tidiest way, in his left claw he holds a cherry-branch with cherries and leaves'.