Red anchor Chelsea figure of a boy, after a Meissen original, c.1755

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Rare Red Anchor Chelsea miniature figure of a child, shown carefully holding a frond in one hand and cradling it in the other, draped in a red cloth and standing on a grassy mound, a short tree trunk to the rear for support. Small red anchor mark, c.1755

Condition

Size

9.2 cm h.

References

Ref. Cheyne book of Chelsea 1925 exhibition, #112, illustrated pl16, for three similar figures described as Cupid. The style is very much in the Meissen manner, with a probable original source by J. J. Kaendler as yet unidentified.

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