A Meissen figure of a spaniel circa 1743

modelled by J. J. Kändler, free-standing, modelled seated, scratching under its chin with its hind leg (restoration to right foreleg)

The Count Alcario Palmieri Collection, Christie's London, 28th March 1996, lot 7

Restoration to left foreleg. Chip to edge of tail. Chisp to toes of left paw.
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The present model was created to form a pair and is recorded in Kändler's Taxa for 1740-1744 as follows: “2. Pologneser oder Zottligte Hunde, gegen einan der sehend auff Camine zu sezen, davon einer sich krazet, der andere aber auffrecht sizet, pro 1. Stück...4. Thlr.” [2 Bolognese or shaggy dogs, to set on a chimney looking at each other, one of which scratching itself, the other sitting upright...4. Thlr.]. For a figure similar to the present example, see Albiker (1959), no. 187 and 188