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95. A rare Marcolini Meissen biscuit porcelain group of "Sac…
95
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95. A rare Marcolini Meissen biscuit porcelain group of "Sac…
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
95. A rare Marcolini Meissen biscuit porcelain group of "Sacrifice for Fidelity" (Allegory of Friendship) on a pedestal, circa 1796
Modelled by Johann Daniel Schoene, depicting a classical figure of a woman wearing a floral wreath with a leaping dog to her right on a rectangular base inscribed "AMICITIA"on a high rectangular plinth applied with foliate festoons (bolted to the base), on a rocky circular base with three classical maidens, two at the front flanking two doves on a circular fluted plinth with a wreath of roses at the front, a third standing at the rear next to a basket of flowers, the base with a moulded floral border, on a circular plinth with a laurel wreath around the base, 47cm high, crossed swords mark within a triangle (to group and pedestal) and model number L.9 (to group only) incised into base (2)
The model was begun by Schöne in May 1796, when it is referred to in his work notes as "Opfer der Treue" [Sacrifice of Fidelity]. The group is referred to again in his notes in June, August and September of 1796. Another biscuit example of the model lacking the pedestal is the Wilanów Palace Museum, published by Barbara Szelegejd, The Sophisticated Charm of White Porcelain, 2006, no. 150.
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