P124 - GERA THURINGIAN FIGURE GROUP

 

Late 18th century, blue G mark, possibly for Gera

Modeled as a Native American wearing a pelt and his wife holding a baby

(Restoration to extremities)

7 in. (17.8 cm) high

 

LITERATURE

Cleo M. and G. Ryland Scott Jr., Antique Porcelain Digest, Newport, England, 1961, p. 193, plate 110, fig. 378.

 

EXHIBITION

On display in the “George Ryland Scott Collection” in The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from June 1955 until May 1960.