Two Höchst porcelain figures of milkmaids - image-1

Lot 780 Dα

Two Höchst porcelain figures of milkmaids

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)

Two Höchst porcelain figures of milkmaids

Two three-figure groups on grass knoll bases. The lady with a cow with blue wheel mark, the lady with a goat with wheel mark and electoral crown. Minor restorations, filled firing cracks. H ca. 16 cm.
Models by Johann Peter Melchior, 1760s/70s.

Literature

Cf. cat. Johann Peter Melchior, Gelsenkirchen 1997, p. 35, no. 44.