A pair of Meissen figures of standing deer circa 1745

modelled by J. J. Kändler, each standing, the doe with her head bent down to eat, the stag with head slightly turned, each supported on a tree stump and shaped rectangular mound base applied with flowers and leaves, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (minor restoration and chips)

Stag- restoration to antlers and ears, one tip of one missing. Chip to end of one antler. Some restoration and chips to flowers and leaves. Doe- minor restoration to left ear.Minor restoration and chips to flowers and leaves.
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Kändler worked on this model in October 1736: '1 Hirschgen mit geweydern, wiederum eines ohne Gehörne auch aufs Lager Beyde wiederum verbeßert  u.z. abformen tüchtig gemacht.' [1 deer grazing, another one without horns, also for the warehouse, both then again improved etc. the forms refined]. The Brühl inventory (1753) lists '6 stehende Hirsche und 6 fressende Hirsche' [6 standing and 6 grazing deers]. Similar models are illustrated by Kunze-Köllensperger (1999), no. 21 (part); and a similar model of a stag in the Hans Syz Collection is illustrated by Miller and Rückert (1979), no. 326.