A Ludwigsburg model of a fabric vendor's stall circa 1765-75

inscribed on the front Marchand d' Etoffes, crowned interlaced C's mark in underglaze-blue. Together with a Continental porcelain miniature figure of a vendor. 2 pieces.

Antique Porcelain Co., Inc. New York

Bertold Pfeiffer, Album der Erzeugnisse der Ehemaligen Württembergischen Manufaktur Alt-Ludwigsburg, no. 234

The yellow drapery has been broken off and restored back; the finial at each end of the roof of the stall has been off, restored back and regilded; some restoration along the edge of the marquee above the roof and some restoration to the upright supports of the stall; there is a very minor fine haircrack across one of the uprights where it meets the counter and another short very fine haircrack running down the front from the green counter near the center. The figure is in good condition.
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This present example belongs to the so-called group of 'Venetian Fair' models produced by the manufactory to represent the lively Ludwigsburg market, which Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg held after his return from Venice in 1768. Another similar example is illustrated by Hans Dieter Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan, p. 591, cat. no. 735.