Lot 10 , A Fürstenberg porcelain equestrian group of Marcus Curtius

A Fürstenberg porcelain equestrian group of Marcus Curtius, early 19th century,
modelled by Jean Desoches, wearing armour and a plumed helmet, the horse leaping over swirling flames and smoke, 30cm high

The equestrian figure of Marcus Curtius was modelled by Desoches around 1773; see Beatrix Freifrau von Wolff Metternich/ Manfred Meinz, Die Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg, vol.II, ill.291, for the coloured example in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, dated to c.1805.
£400-600

Sold for £400