A Höchst group of a shepherd, dog and lamb on an earth mound base. - image-1

Lot 711 Dα

A Höchst group of a shepherd, dog and lamb on an earth mound base.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, and Furniture
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)
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A Höchst group of a shepherd, dog and lamb on an earth mound base.

Blue wheel mark the electoral crown to the hollow glazed base. One of the boy's hands reattached. Chips to the ribbons, hat brim and flowers, one of the lamb's ears and two fingers lost. H 19.5 cm.
Ca. 1770, modelled by Johann Peter Melchior.

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A further example of this group is kept in the Landesmuseum Mainz (cat. Johann Peter Melchior, Gelsenkirchen 1997, fig. 25).