Modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke holding an open box of assorted trinkets, wearing a green hat, pink and black bodice, turquoise, white and gilt striped skirt and a yellow apron decorated with indianische Blumen, on a circular base encrusted with flowers and leaves
6¹⁄₄ in. (16 cm.) high

Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Meissen, Augsburg, 1997, p. 147, fig. 74.

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First modelled by J.J. Kändler in 1738 as part of a group known as 'Der Herzdosenkauf' (seller of Heart-shaped boxes), the model was reworked by P. Reinicke in 1744 as a single figure. Reinicke's Work Report of July 1744 records: '1Tyrolerin mit einem Schmuck Kästgen in Thon repariert' ('1 Tyrolean woman with jewellery box repaired in clay').¹

This model was most likely inspired by the itinerant traders from Tyrol, who due to a combination of the persecution of Protestantism and a challenging economy, were forced to travel, selling their wares across Europe. The term Tyrolean became synonymous for peddler, and they were a familiar sight on the streets of Saxony.

1. Meissen, Manufactory Archive, BA III H 117, (transcript), 66, see Vanessa Sigalas and Meredith Chilton, All Walks of Life, A Journey with The Alan Shimmerman Collection, Stuttgart, 2022, pp. 96-99 and see cat. no. 6 for an example of this model.