A pair of large Meissen figures of Oak-Jays A pair of Meissen figures of Oak-Jays (Eichelhäher), the porcelain circa 1740-45, with some later decoration

each perched on an oak-tree stump, reaching down to peck at an acorn, one encountering a squirrel among brightly-coloured moths, the other approached by a group of centipedes (some restoration), crossed swords marks in underglaze blue

one beak and most leaves restored, otherwise good. The minor decoration, of the leaves, flowers and insects, seems clearly later-added, but the birds and the squirrel themselves look possibly original, and it may be that these birds have been a little enhanced rather than entirely later-decorated.
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For the model, see R Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, nos.1108 and 1109