Lots 266-269 are from the celebrated group originally commissioned by Adolph II, Duke of Weissenfels as table decorations (likely associated with his marriage to Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha in 1743), which Meissen then continued to produce. The series was a collaboration between Kändler, Eberlein and Reinicke and it appears to have consisted of eighteen fgures, of which fourteen were by Reinicke and ten were based on engravings by Joullain. Comedy fgures were particularly apt for the Duke's table as he had played the role of Scaramouche in the Bauernwirtschaft to celebrate the visit of Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia to Dresden in 1729. See M. Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, Singapore, 2001, pp. 198-9, nos. 315-320, for a further discussion as well as simliar examples and the Joullain engravings upon which they are based.
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Restoration to his hat and two small chips to tips of the fingers on his left hand. Some minor wear to the gilding and tiny nibbles to the ruffles on his sleeves. Ready to place.
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