A pair of Meissen figures of Woodpeckers, Second-half 19th century

A pair of Meissen figures of Woodpeckers, Second-half 19th century

after the models by Johann Joachim Kändler, with green, red and black plumage, each perched on a slender stump applied with small leafy branches, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, one with incised numeral 55, impressed numeral 85, numeral 43 in iron-red, the other, the other with incised numeral 56, impressed numeral 151

height of tallest 10⅝ in.

27 cm