Lot Essay
See Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China, an Illustrated History, New York, 1972, table 17 for the group of America and Europe among other works modeled by F.E. Meyer.
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THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, THE MODELS BY F.E. MEYER, THE ORMOLU BASES ASSOCIATED, MERCURY GILT AND 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURE GROUPS EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONTINENTS ON ORMOLU BASES
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, THE MODELS BY F.E. MEYER, THE ORMOLU BASES ASSOCIATED, MERCURY GILT AND 19TH CENTURY
Modeled as putti emblematic of either Europe and South America or Asia and Africa with their respective attributes, on later associated pierced circular bases applied with swags of laurel
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, overall
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, THE MODELS BY F.E. MEYER, THE ORMOLU BASES ASSOCIATED, MERCURY GILT AND 19TH CENTURY
Modeled as putti emblematic of either Europe and South America or Asia and Africa with their respective attributes, on later associated pierced circular bases applied with swags of laurel
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Mrs. William Salomon, New York, 1928.
Valeria Knapp Langeloth Bonham, 'Wallhall', Riverside, CT; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 January, 1954, lot 192.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1987, lot 88.
Valeria Knapp Langeloth Bonham, 'Wallhall', Riverside, CT; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 January, 1954, lot 192.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1987, lot 88.
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