A pair of Vienna figures of Hunters, 1765

The gentleman wearing a hunting suit in green, holding a tricorn in his right hand and a rifle in his left, a dog standing beside him, the lady wearing a hunting costume consisting of pink jacket, green bodice and yellow skirt with puce geometric pattern, holding a rifle in her right arm and a bottle in her left, a small dog leaping up in front of her, both on bases edges with gilt scrollwork, 20.7 and 20.3cm high, shield mark in underglaze-blue to one, traces of shield mark in blue to other, impressed marks (minor restoration) (2)

A pair of white examples were in the Karl Mayer Collection, sold Glückselig, Vienna, 19 - 21 November 1928, lots 354 and 356, plate 106. Two similar figures are also illustrated in E. Sturm-Bednarczyk/E. Sladek, Ceremonies, Feasts, Costumes (2007), cat.nos.124 and 125, and another two figures with slight differences in the models are illustrated in W. Mrazek/W. Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864 (n.d. - 1970), nos. 469 and 467.