Details
Modeled standing at their work, one with an axe, the other with a saw
538 in. (13.6 cm.) high, the figure with an axe
Provenance
Acquired from J. Rochelle Thomas, London, January 1953.
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I; Christie's, New York, 9 May 2018, lot 271.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, pp. 64-65, no. 39 & 40.
Special notice
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These figures were modeled for the Brüchlishe Conditorei.

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