3354 - Meissen “Rococo group, playing music”

Meissen “Rococo group, playing music” Designed by Michel Victor Acier in 1771, underglaze blue pommel sword mark 1860-1924, 1st grade, embossed model number D48, modeller’s number 34 and painter’s number 12, naturalistic modelling with polychrome underglaze and overglaze painting as well as gold decoration; a couple seated on an oval terrain plinth with an openwork rocaille border, she playing the harp and the gentleman holding a sheet of music; behind them, a boy playing the flute with a music stand and a tree trunk support; the foliage decoration on the reverse has been expertly restored; otherwise in good condition; H 19 cm. Source: Bergmann, Meissen Figurines, Volume II, p. 25, fig. 9.