TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF COOKS CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO REVERSE OF MALE FIGURE'S BASE Modelled by J.J. Kändler , the first wearing a ribbon-tied wig, a white jabot, double-breasted white jacket and black breeches, a knife tucked into the top of his white apron, holding a frying-pan and a piece of meat, seated on a brick plinth, his companion larding a hare with pieces of fat, a bar of fat on a chopping-board on her lap, wearing a yellow bonnet, green bodice, white apron and flowered skirt, seated on a tree-stump, both on square paved plinth bases, her base painted brown (saucepan handle and knife-blade restored, her right foot restuck, flaking to bodice, wear to silver interior of saucepan, minute chipping to pieces of fat on hare, chip to his left cuff) 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) and 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high (2)
TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF COOKS CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO REVERSE OF MALE FIGURE'S BASE Modelled by J.J. Kändler , the first wearing a ribbon-tied wig, a white jabot, double-breasted white jacket and black breeches, a knife tucked into the top of his white apron, holding a frying-pan and a piece of meat, seated on a brick plinth, his companion larding a hare with pieces of fat, a bar of fat on a chopping-board on her lap, wearing a yellow bonnet, green bodice, white apron and flowered skirt, seated on a tree-stump, both on square paved plinth bases, her base painted brown (saucepan handle and knife-blade restored, her right foot restuck, flaking to bodice, wear to silver interior of saucepan, minute chipping to pieces of fat on hare, chip to his left cuff) 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) and 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high (2)
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