Meissen Porcelain Figural Group Mother and Child.
Auction Date: March 18, 2022
Estimate: Estimate: 700 - 900
Sold for: $1,140
Lot: 3550
Germany.
Mid 19th Century.
Mother and daughter standing by a dressing table, the mother preparing the girls hair, while a cat washes itself near the girls feet. Painted in polychrome enamels, with sparse gilding. On a rounded rectangular base, with scroll moulding to edges picked out in parcel gilding.
Underglaze cobalt blue crossed swords mark to underside of base, with impressed 51 and 52, and incised 2790.
Approximate dimensions: 8 H. x 7 1/2 W. x 4 1/4 D..
Condition: Overall condition is very good. Candlestick broken off and reglued.
Parallels: An earlier example of this figure, designed by Kaendler in the 1730s, is in the collections of The Smithsonion Institutions National Museum of American History, Hans Syz Collection, 1987.0896.29.