Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 71
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a spirits seller, circa 1755
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £5,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a spirits seller, circa 1755
Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a black tricorn, a white cloak, purple jacket and yellow breeches, holding a basket with bottles on his left arm and a lantern in his right hand, the base moulded with scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 14.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base, impressed 17 (some restoration to his hat and right hand)
Footnotes
Based upon the drawing by Huet of 1753, inscribed: 'No 17 Ch - ein Mann, welcher Patafia verkauft und mit der Lanterne brennend von Licht in der Hand n 18 1753' [...a man selling patafia and with a lantern throwing light in his hand]; quoted by M. Eberle, Cris de Paris-Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts (2001), no.43, where the drawing and another example of the figure are illustrated.
