PAIR OF MEISSEN BLACKAMOOR FIGURES WITH COVERED BOWLS
CIRCA 1750
Auction: Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 45 to 170
Description
the male figure modelled wearing a colourful feathered headdress and skirt, the lady wearing a red striped headband and a blue skirt, each standing alongside a basket moulded bowl with gilt interior, with leafy branches, the covers applied with branch moulded handles and fruit or flowers, on a naturalistic base with foliate detail, one with a faint blue crossed swords mark, the other with an indistinct incised mark (2)
Dimensions
17cm high
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie