Friedrich Elias Meyer
( German, 1723 - 1785 )
A figure of a shepherdess with a lute
Meissen Porcelain
( German, est.1710)
A figure of a shepherdess with a lute
LOT DETAILS
Materials:
Meissen porcelain
Measurements:
11.61 in. (29.50 cm.) (height)
Description:
Markings:
Incised D:7: to the unglazed underside
Condition:
Several restorations, some over firing cracks
Literature:
Illustrated in the catalogue of the Pauls Collection (Frankfurt 1967, vol. I, p. 472) with the annotation: "The existence of another such group has not been found. Perhaps therefore this figure was a one-off piece for Friedrich II von Preussen, given to him during his occupation of the Meissen factory in the Seven-Year´s-War."
Provenance:
The Pauls Collection, Riehen
