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Court jesters Fröhlich and Schmiedel with mousetrap. Meissen.
Design 1870-1923. model year: 1741, model no. 290 x. Model from. KAENDLER, Johann Joachim(1706 Dresden - 1775 Meissen)
Height: 25 cm.
Joseph Fröhlich (1694-1757), court jester to Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. "Baron" Gottfried Schmiedel (1700-1756), travel, postal and hunting courier, second court jester at the Saxon-Polish court in Dresden. Painted in color, decorated in gold. Incised mark, impressed mark, painter's mark, sword mark. Leaves, hat with trimming by Fröhlich, hands restored by Schmiedel with radish.
* Kaendler (1706-1775), court sculptor and modeller, at the Meissen manufactory from 1731, head of the sculpture department from 1749.
Literature : Bergmann (2017) illustration no. 1527, Pietsch (2006) page 13, illustration page 14.
Provenance : * Partner auction Bergmann (responsibility for legally compliant consignment and description lies with Auktionshaus Bergmann, Erlangen). Private collection Westerwald.

Call time 27 | Feb. 2026 | presumably 14:18 (CET)

*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Limit 390 €

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