English and European Ceramics and Glass - 07 May 2014
A Meissen figure of a dancing cobbler 19th century
A Meissen figure of a dancing cobbler 19th century, after the model by Kändler from the Craftsmen series, a ribboned shoe resting on his raised left knee, a wooden shoe form by his right foot, draped in a long wine-coloured cloak and wearing a black tricorn hat, blue crossed swords mark, incised 1377, 21.5cm.
Cf. K. Butler, Meissener Porzellanplastik des 18 Jahrhunderts die Sammlung der Ermitage, no. 127.