Pair of Meissen pugs with candlesticks
(left) Pug looking to the right, with purple golden collar: 6.2 cm high
(right) Pug looking to the left, with dark purple collar and blue bow: 6.2 cm high, burning hole under the tail
Meissen model by Johann J. Kaendler and Peter Reinicke (November 1744)
Moulded ca. 1745
The pugs mounted on two fire-gilt bronze candlesticks, crowned C mark (C-couronné poinçon), Paris 1745-49, white Vincennes porcelain flowers (pâte tendre), 13-13.4 cm high
Literature
Pietsch, Ulrich: Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissner Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 – 1775. Leipzig 2002
Dumortier, Claire u. Habets, Patrick: The T&T Collection. Porcelain Pugs. A Passion.. Brüssel 2019
Helke, Gun-Dagmar u. Schandelmaier, Hela: Höfische Begleiter. Möpse und andere Hunde in Porzellan und Fayence. Stuttgart 2020
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