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An
extremely rare and highly important pair of Meissen ormolu-mounted models
of Jays, modelled to the left and right with their speckled heads slightly
turned, with typical naturalistic plumage consisting of reddish brown
necks, grey feathered backs, white and black wing tips and blue dashed
side feathers, perched upon gnarled stumps which issue green oak leaves,
on scrolling foliage ormolu bases.
Circa
1745
Height:
10 ins (25.5 cms.)
Exhibited:
Musée Ariana,
These
extremely rare models are not recorded by Carl Albiker, Die Meissner
Porzellantiere im 18 Jahrhundert (Berlin, 1959) or Rainer Ruckert,
Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966). The oak leaves on the stumps are an
important feature as they illustrate the Jay's role as the most important
natural planter of acorns in the countryside and that several oak species
are dependent on its presence.