Meissen Drum Dove, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/ Seeligstadt 1706 - 1775 Meissen), designed 1732, molded c. 1900, porcelain, white body, painted in color on glaze, h 22 cm, l 32 cm, the right claw with a broken feather and toe tip, blue pommel mark painted on the base under glaze, below a grinding mark. toe broken off, painted blue pommel mark on the base under the glaze, a grinding mark underneath, incised model no. 82, impressed nos. 34 and 51, Johann J. Kaendler designed 24 different dove models for Augustus the Strong, ref. Meissen, pl. 110, fig. 107 ff, 4318 - 0018

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