Carriers from the "Cri de Paris" series

On a naturalistic base adorned with painted leaves and flowers stands a gentleman in the role of a Parisian guide. He wears a long striped coat over black pin-striped trousers and black stockings. In his hands, he holds a scroll or staff. On his back, there is a wooden frame with a bundle and a box. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Possibly executed by Peter Reinicke and Johann Joachim Kändler around 1745. Restored; sword mark. Height 19 cm. From the first series of guides based on the copper engraving by C. F. Caylus after red chalk drawings by Edme Bouchardon (now in the British Museum, London). See Reinheckel, Weltkunst Vol. 62 (1992), No. 9, pp. 1161ff. Porcelain figurine of a porter from the "Cris de Paris" series. Restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Mid-18th century.