Lot 173 , A rare Chelsea figure of a dancing peasant, c.1752-55, probably modelled by Joseph Willems, 15.5 cm high, discoloured restoration

A rare Chelsea figure of a dancing peasant, c.1752-55, probably modelled by Joseph Willems,
standing on a mound base applied with flowers, unmarked, copied from the Meissen original by J.J. Kaendler, for the Meissen original see Adams (1987), p. 57.
15.5 cm high, discoloured restoration
£300-500

Condition:
Some occasional black speckling to the enamelling and glaze, discoloured restoration across his shoulders and neck, to his left arm, hat, to both hands, across both legs and to the tree stump and to areas around the encrusted flowers and leaves of the base.

Sold for £1,200