A rare Meissen model of a barn and two miniature figures of birds circa 1745

comprising: a barn with timbered walls modelled by Johann Gottlieb Ehder, a nesting hen and a partridge, the barn with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue.

The barn: The bird perched on the roof is lacking. The left door of the barn is restored. Nesting hen: There is a small chip to its beak and very minor chipping to the edges of its tail. Partridge: in good condition.
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Miniature architectural buildings, similar to the present example, were intended for the dessert table and are discussed by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, "Miniatur-architekturen für due Brühlsche Dessert-Tafel" in Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, pp.119-123, where the author illustrates a similar example, on p. 218, cat no. 162.