Lot Essay
Other versions of this group have been sold in these Rooms on 17th June 1968, lot 92, on 30th March 1987, lot 119, and on 30th June 1986, lot 13.
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CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A Meissen equestrian group with a huntsman
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark
The rider wearing a black tricorn hat, with effeminate features and long flowing hair tied with a ribbon, his puce-lined blue coat with silvered borders and buttons, his puce jacket below with silvered buttons and pockets, with puce breeches and long black boots, a sword at his left side, leaning slightly back in his saddle with the reins in his left hand, the silver-edged yellow saddle-cloth with silver husks at the corners, the white stallion's coat with a pale-brown patches, rearing up on its hind legs, its nostrils flared and ears pricked, supported beneath by a tree-stump on a large oval mound base applied with flowers and foliage (horse restored through both front legs and chest, rider's right arm and reins)
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark
The rider wearing a black tricorn hat, with effeminate features and long flowing hair tied with a ribbon, his puce-lined blue coat with silvered borders and buttons, his puce jacket below with silvered buttons and pockets, with puce breeches and long black boots, a sword at his left side, leaning slightly back in his saddle with the reins in his left hand, the silver-edged yellow saddle-cloth with silver husks at the corners, the white stallion's coat with a pale-brown patches, rearing up on its hind legs, its nostrils flared and ears pricked, supported beneath by a tree-stump on a large oval mound base applied with flowers and foliage (horse restored through both front legs and chest, rider's right arm and reins)
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note that Provenance for this lot should read: Collection of the Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides.