A very rare set of twenty-one Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figures, circa 1755

Modelled by Peter Reinicke after drawings by Christophe Huet of 1753, comprising: crier with a magic lantern, the spirits seller, the pipe and drum player, the female fish vendor, the oyster seller, the hurdy-gurdy player, the grape seller, the orange seller, the peasant with a cradle, the vegetable seller, the triangle player, the violinist, the flower seller, the lemon seller, the liquorice-water seller, the cook with a stove, the lemonade seller, the egg seller, the horn player, the crier with chicks (later-decorated) and the poultry chef, after 1760, 14-15cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and blue, various impressed numerals (scattered restoration) (21)

Provenance:
The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain

Literature:
Martin Eberle, Cris de Paris Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts (2001): no. 23 (the flower seller), no. 25 (crier with chicks), no. 28 (lemonade seller), no. 29 (cook with stove), no. 32 (triangle-player), no. 33 (hurdy-gurdy player), no. 35 (crier with drum and whistle), no. 36 (crier with horn), no. 37 (vegetable seller), no. 38 (crier with cradle), no. 39 (fish seller), no. 43 (spirit seller), no. 44 (liquorice-water seller), no. 47 (orange-seller);
U. Pietsch/C. Banz, Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2010), cat. no. 436 (crier with magic lantern)

Exhibited:
Leipzig, Gohliser Schlößchen, 'Sachsens Gold im Schlößchen', 29 April-10 June 2001 (as above Literature);
Dresden, Japanese Palace, 'Triumph der blauen Schwerter. Meissener Porzellan für Adel und Bürgertum 1710-1815', 8 May-29 August 2010 (crier with magic lantern)