A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a spirits seller, circa 1754
Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a black tricorn, a yellow cloak, pink waistcoat and green breeches, holding a basket with bottles on his left arm and a lantern in his right hand, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 14.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base, impressed numeral 17 (minor restoration to back of hat brim)
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's Milan, 10 June 2002, lot 334 (part)
The model is after a drawing by Christophe Huet from 1753 and is illustrated in M. Eberle, Cris de Paris-Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18.Jahrhunderts (2001), no.43.
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Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a black tricorn, a yellow cloak, pink waistcoat and green breeches, holding a basket with bottles on his left arm and a lantern in his right hand, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 14.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base, impressed numeral 17 (minor restoration to back of hat brim)
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's Milan, 10 June 2002, lot 334 (part)
The model is after a drawing by Christophe Huet from 1753 and is illustrated in M. Eberle, Cris de Paris-Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18.Jahrhunderts (2001), no.43.
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