A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a pastry seller, circa 1755

Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a lavender headscarf, pale yellow tunic with white stomacher, white apron and puce skirt with stripes, holding a basket of baked goods in her right hand and sheet of pastries in her left hand, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves, 13.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base, (edge of pastry sheet in basket chipped)

After a drawing by Christophe Huet of 1753, illustrated by M. Eberle, Cris de Paris (2001), no. 40.