TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MODELS OF GUINEA-FOWL
CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MODELS OF GUINEA-FOWL CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY Modelled by J.J. Kändler , to the left and right, their black bodies with white speckled markings, purple and grey necks and red wattles and combs, each perched astride tree-stumps with leafy branches, one with turquoise reeds and a red flower, each on pierced acanthus-scroll gilt-metal bases (each with chipping to beak and slight flaking to enamels, one chipped to one wattle and lacking a flower to base, the other chipped to claws, leaves and branches) The highest 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high overall (2)
TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MODELS OF GUINEA-FOWL
CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
TWO MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MODELS OF GUINEA-FOWL CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY Modelled by J.J. Kändler , to the left and right, their black bodies with white speckled markings, purple and grey necks and red wattles and combs, each perched astride tree-stumps with leafy branches, one with turquoise reeds and a red flower, each on pierced acanthus-scroll gilt-metal bases (each with chipping to beak and slight flaking to enamels, one chipped to one wattle and lacking a flower to base, the other chipped to claws, leaves and branches) The highest 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high overall (2)
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