Paris Town Crier

Lot 4188 limit € 380

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, from the series "Cris de Paris/Pariser Ausrufer", model no. 6, "Crier with apples", rocaille base with rock support, polychrome painted, decorated with gold, slightly restored, H approx. 16 cm, after 1934; 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.