Continental, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising: Nymphenburg porcelain artichoke perfume burner figural group, after the Frankenthal model by Johann Friedrich Luck, rampant lion mark over "1964" and impressed Nymphenburg shield, approximately 9-1/2 x 7 x 5-1/2 in.; figural group with a prisoner in the stocks, unmarked, after an illustration for Van Rossem's Troost Tabak (J. & AC van Rossem Royal Tobacco Factory), 8-1/2 x 7 x 4 in.
Provenance: Collection of Steve Stewart, Lake Lure, North Carolina
Note: An example of the artichoke model appears at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1982.60.292ab).
The stocks example has been restored to feature the free man holding a carrot, but the original design featured a pipe held to the prisoner's mouth, as seen in the van Rossem advertisement here: https://n2t.net/ark:/38652/ROTT_2440807. Examples of this group retaining the pipe/pipe stem fully intact appear to be scarce: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/porseleinen-groepje-met-voorstelling-van-roker-in-4245-c-38f4af78d2.
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Collection of Steve Stewart, Lake Lure, North Carolina
artichoke example lacking lid, some rubbing and losses to gilding, typical light wear to baseļ¼ stocks scene with breaks and restorations/retouch to free man's hat and proper right arm, leg, and base, some surface dirt, base filled in and with remnants of applied felt
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