A rare Meissen porcelain bust of King Anton of Saxony - image-1
A rare Meissen porcelain bust of King Anton of Saxony - image-2
A rare Meissen porcelain bust of King Anton of Saxony - image-1A rare Meissen porcelain bust of King Anton of Saxony - image-2

Lot 813 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain bust of King Anton of Saxony

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 17:00 - Important Porcelain from Two Private Collections
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
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A rare Meissen porcelain bust of King Anton of Saxony

Bust of the King in uniform on a square integral base. Blue crossed swords mark, impressed 43. H 19 cm.
Ca. 1835, after a model by Ernst Rietschel.

Anton of Saxony (1755 - 1836) became King at the age of 71 following the death of his brother Friedrich August I on 5th May 1827. In the wake of the 1830 July Revolution in France he agreed to allow his young nephew Friedrich August II to rule as co-regent. On 4th September 1831 he signed a new constitution in which Saxony became a constitutional monarchy. The Saxon people gave Anton the moniker "the Kind".