Höchst figure detail
Hochst figure
A Höchst figure of a flute player, beautifully modelled by Johann Peter Melchior.
c.1770-79
Mark: blue wheel, and incised JW, probably for the repairer Johannes Windisch
Ht: 7.75", 19.7 cm

Ref: S. Ducret, German Porcelain and Faience, pl. 17 for a group also with an incised IW.

llustrated as fig.144 in Johann Peter Melchior, 1747-1835. Bildhauer und Modellmeister in Höchst, Frankenthal und Nymphenburg (Araxne Verlag, 1997), p. 72.







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