A Berlin KPM porcelain figure of a milkmaid - image-1

Lot 400 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain figure of a milkmaid

Auction 1084 - overview Berlin
03.05.2017, 18:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 500 € - 700 €

A Berlin KPM porcelain figure of a milkmaid

Blue sceptre mark to the inside edge of the plinth. Some fingers of the left hand lost, the tip of the yolk restored. H 10.7 cm.
Ca. 1769, modelled by Wilhelm Christian Meyer.

Provenance

From a Westphalian collection
Lempertz auction 906, 23rd May 2007, lot 28.

Literature

Cf.: Lenz, Berlin 1913 (reprint), vol.1, pl. 62, illus. 258:
"Am 17. 5. 1769 erhielt der Bildhauer Wilhelm Christian Meyer das Honorar für die Modelle (...)".
Cf. also: Köllmann, Braunschweig 1966, vol. II, pl. 70 f.