English and European Ceramics and Glass - 7th May 2014
Lot 494
A Meissen figure of a dancing cobbler 19th century
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
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.