A Meissen porcelain model of a cook plucking a chicken
From the "Cris de Paris" series - image-1

Lot 1384 Dα

A Meissen porcelain model of a cook plucking a chicken From the "Cris de Paris" series

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.268 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain model of a cook plucking a chicken
From the "Cris de Paris" series

Smoothed base with faint blue crossed swords mark and S in black. Minute chips to the hair ribbon and the foliage. H 13 cm.
Around 1753 - 56, model by Peter Reinicke.

Literature

Cf. Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda. Meissen. Figuren, Dosen und Tafelgerät aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, 1997, cat. No. 54, there also the illustration of the original drawing by Christophe Huet, "Cuisinier qui plume un poularde", from the archive of the Meissen State Porcelain Manufactory, VA 168.