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An Assembled Pair of Meissen Commedia dell'Arte Figures with Gilt-Metal Candlestick Mounts, the Meis
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Description
modelled perhaps by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, after models by Johann Joachim Kändler, Harlequin playing the bapipes and wearing a playing card-decorated tunic and tricorn hat, Columbine playing a hurdy-gurdy, wearing a flower-decorated skirt, seated upon rocky mounds applied with leaves and flowers, before gilt-metal leafy branches mounted with Continental porcelain flowerheads, with a single leaf-moulded candle sconce and drip pan, on pierced scroll bases, Harlequin with traces of crossed swords mark in blue, Columbine with crossed swords in underglaze-blue to rear of base
Height overall 8 3/4 in.
22.3 cm.
Literature
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, p. 149
Catalogue note
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Height overall 8 3/4 in.
22.3 cm.
Literature
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, p. 149
Catalogue note
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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modelled perhaps by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, after models by Johann Joachim Kändler, Harlequin playing the bapipes and wearing a playing card-decorated tunic and tricorn hat, Columbine playing a hurdy-gurdy, wearing a flower-decorated skirt, seated upon rocky mounds applied with leaves and flowers, before gilt-metal leafy branches mounted with Continental porcelain flowerheads, with a single leaf-moulded candle sconce and drip pan, on pierced scroll bases, Harlequin with traces of crossed swords mark in blue, Columbine with crossed swords in underglaze-blue to rear of base
Height overall 8 3/4 in.
22.3 cm.
Literature
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, p. 149
Catalogue note
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Height overall 8 3/4 in.
22.3 cm.
Literature
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, p. 149
Catalogue note
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
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