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Lot 138

A pair of Meissen ormolu-mounted figures of a shepherd and shepherdess, circa 1755

14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

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A pair of Meissen ormolu-mounted figures of a shepherd and shepherdess, circa 1755

He playing bagpipes wearing a turquoise jacket and floral waistcoat, a dog and sheep by his feet, she wearing a puce coat and green skirt with gilt foliate decoration, a recumbent sheep at her feet, the moulded scrollwork bases applied with leaves and flowers and mounted on ormolu scrollwork bases, 31cm and 29.2cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue to the rear of the bases (restored) (2)

Footnotes

An unpainted example of the shepherd is in the Munich Residence, illustrated by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), no. 1011.

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