Antique Carl Thieme Dresden Porcelain Count Bruhls Tailor Goat Figurine 11"

Description

Antique 19th century Carl Thieme German Dresden porcelain polychrome figurine featuring Cout Bruhl's tailor (tailor of kings) on a goat. Modeled seated astride a billy-goat, the bewigged and bespectacled gentleman wearing a floral coat, boots and a tricorn hat, the tools of his trade all about him, including an iron and scissors hanging from the animal's horns and a pin-cushion on his rump.

Count Heinrich Brühl was minister and favorite to Augustus III. He was appointed administrator of the Meissen factory from 1733 to 1763. By tradition, Brühl was a man famed for his fashion sense. His tailor was thus an important part of his entourage. However, when the tailor's ambitions made him ask for an invitation to dine with the court, the Count found the suggestion beyond the pale and well above the tailor's station. To put him in his place, the Count requested Kändler to make a figure of the tailor which he could place on his table and thus fulfill his empty promises. Kändler's undoubted satiric wit and sense of the ridiculous is here preserved.

“The Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur Dresden GmbH (Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden Ltd), generally known in English as Dresden Porcelain, is a German company for the production of decorative and luxury porcelain. Founded in1872, it is located in Potschappel, a suburb of the town of Freital in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district about 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Dresden Porcelain introduced its blue "SP Dresden" trademark in 1902.”

Condition

Good Overall - Gentle wear

Dimensions

8” x 4.5” x 10.75” (Width x Depth x Height)