Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Meissen figure of a lottery seller 1st half 19th century, from the Cris de Paris series, after the original model by Peter Reinicke, carrying a barrel on his back and holding a paper cone in his right hand, raised on a small scroll base, blue crossed swords mark, incised No 18, 15cm. The model was taken from a 1753 drawing by the French artist, Christophe Huet.