A porcelain needle case formed as a swaddled baby - image-1

Lot 1484 Dα

A porcelain needle case formed as a swaddled baby

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
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A porcelain needle case formed as a swaddled baby

Unmarked. With engraved silver mountings with hinge. L 11.3 cm.
Attributed to Fürstenberg, mid-18th C.

Literature

See Meyer-Heilemann, Das Wickelkind, in: Keramos 80/1979, p. 28, the author attributes the model to Simon Feilner, but also mentions a possible model, a small sculpture by Johann Ludwig Christoph Lücke.
See cat. Weißes Gold aus Fürstenberg, Münster-Braunschweig 1988, no. 312, for the same model marked Fürstenberg porcelain.
S.a. Lempertz Cologne auction 1196 on May 20, 2022, lot 1709, the same model with the same painted decor, but laced with purple ribbons.