Lot 155 | Porcelain group of Court Jester in sleigh

PORCELAIN GROUP OF COURT JESTER IN SLEIGH.

Meissen.
Date: 1924-1934.
Maker/Designer: Model J.J. Kaendler.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours and gold.
Description: Saxon court jester, dressed as a lady, and postmaster Johann Gottfried Schmiedel sitting
on a sleigh. Behind him with pointed hat the court jester Fröhlich. In front of them a
monkey with a bowl of carrots.
Measurement: Height 15,5cm.
Mark: Pfeiffermark, 251, porcelain former no. 86, painter no. 7.

Literature:
-Adams, Len and Yvonne: Meissen Portrait Figures, Leicester 1992, model cf. p. 194.
-Walcha, Otto: Meißner Porzellan, Dresden 1973, p. 480, ill. 96.
-Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs J. J. Kaendler 1706-175(Edition
Leipzig), Leipzig 2002, pp.52, 53.

Kaendler's taxa states: 'Ein völliger, und mit einem Pferd bespannter
Renn-Schlitten, worinnen ein Frauenzimmer sietzend, hintenauf sitzet Joseph Fröhlich und umbarmet dieß Frauenzimmer, auf dem Schlitten befindet sich ein Affe und eine Eule.' ('A complete, horse-drawn racing sled, in which a lady sits, on the back sits Jospeh Fröhlich, ensnaring this woman, on the sled there are a monkey and an owl.').