Lot 25 | Meissen | 33 FIGURINES OF THE "Cris de Paris"

33 FIGURINES OF THE "CRIS DE PARIS".

Meissen.
Date: 20th century.
Maker/Designer: Model J. J. Kaendler und P. Reinicke.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours and gold.
Description: Male lemon seller, female pastry seller, 2 male dandies, 2 courtesans, 2 female town
crier with flowers, 2 female town criers with bouquets, female town crier with chicks,
male town crier with lemonade, male cook plucking a rooster, male town crier with patries
and lemonade, female town crier with hurdy-gurdy, male town crier with horn, female town
crier with cradle, female town crier with carp, 2 male town criers with poultry and
basket, male town crier with grapes and female town crier with grapes, male town crier
with schnapps bottles, male town crier with liquorice water, male town crier with
peep-box, male town crier with wine vinegar, male town crier with oysters, male town crier
with birds, female fruit seller, male lottery ticket seller, female cream seller, wine
seller.
Measurement: Height 13-15,5cm.
Mark: Sword's mark, painted blue under the glaze. Var. model numbers.
Enclosed: Harlekinette & two Ballerina from the Commedia Dell'Arte.

Provenance:
- Private collection Cologne.

Literature:
- Eberle, Martin, Cris de Paris, Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts. Leipzig, 2001.