British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 19th September 2023

Lot 380

A Frankenthal figure of a lady, c.1762-65, modelled by Johann Friedrich Lück, standing gazing

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £380

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Description

A Frankenthal figure of a lady, c.1762-65, modelled by Johann Friedrich Lück, standing gazing slightly upwards, her blue and white dress below a puce cape trimmed in ermine, her hands inside a fur-lined muff, raised on a shaped base moulded with scrolls picked out in puce, blue CT and crown mark, incised workman's marks AB, R and numerals, tiny chips to the hem of her gown and lace sleeves, 15cm.

Paper label for the Luise Hofmann Collection.

Cf. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (1972), pp. 140-41.