Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 9th September 2014
Lot 281
A Frankenthal sweetmeat figure c.1760
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
A Frankenthal sweetmeat figure c.1760, emblematic of Autumn, modelled by Johann Friedrich Lück, a dandified gentleman in yellow waistcoat and a tricorn hat seated beside a deep scrolled basket and holding a length of fruiting grapevine in his left hand, incised r mark, 15cm.
Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum No. C.44-1989, for a similar figure of Winter. These seasonal sweetmeats were from a table centrepiece, only three of which are recorded today.