Lot 421
  • 421

A very rare pair of Mennecy figures of waterbirds circa 1750

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Description

  • height 4 3/4 in.
  • 12 cm
each white bird perched on a low mound base applied with a leafy branch, picked out in turquoise, green and brown, painted DV marks. Some restoration to beaks and applied branches.

Provenance

Van der Meersch, Paris;
Property from the Estate of the Late Pauline Riggs Noyes, Collected by Her Father, the Late Karrick Riggs, sold, Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, February 8, 1947, lot 277;
The Collection of the Late Thelma Chrysler Foy, sold, Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, May 22, 1959, lot 411