Paris Town Crier

Lot 3908 limit € 390

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, from the series "Cris de Paris/Pariser Ausrufer", model no. 6, "Fruit seller", rocaille base with tree support, polychrome painted, gold equipped, H approx. 15 cm, after 1948; The series of Parisian market traders and small tradespeople, begun by JJ Kaendler around 1737 and continued by Peter Reinicke, depicts small trades in the middle of the 18th century in a lively, albeit partly embellished form and thus provides an insight into the cultural history of street life there Time.