256 - A pair of animal figurines—a goat and a billy goat—from Meissen, matching pairs. An irregularly oval base, richly decorated with sculpted flowers and leaves. On top, a young goat and a billy goat, respectively, with finely relief-carved coats—partially speckled with brown—and large, curved horns. Polychrome painting. Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Minimal restoration/conservation; remnants of a faint sword mark. Height: 13 cm – 15 cm.

A pair of animal figurines—a goat and a billy goat—from Meissen, matching pairs. An irregularly oval base, richly decorated with sculpted flowers and leaves. On top, a young goat and a billy goat, respectively, with finely relief-carved coats—partially speckled with brown—and large, curved horns. Polychrome painting. Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Minimal restoration/conservation; remnants of a faint sword mark. Height: 13 cm – 15 cm. Kaendler describes the billy goat in the 1742 price list as follows: “1 billy goat, 6 inches high, modeled in clay on a pedestal, and depicted walking with a very shaggy coat and large horns.” A pair consisting of a female goat and a billy goat belonged to the former Guttmann Collection. See Rückert, fig. 1168; Cat. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Jedding, 18th-Century Meissen Porcelain in Private Collections in Hamburg, fig. 275; Kunze-Köllensperger, Guttmann Collection, no. 67. A pair of porcelain figures of a goat and billy goat modeled by J. J. Kaendler. Minor restoration/chipping. Remnants of a pale crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1745.