A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF A COUNTRY MESSENGER (LANDBOTE)

A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF A COUNTRY MESSENGER ( LANDBOTE )
CIRCA 1760, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK TO HIS CHEST, IMPRESSED 1 TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE
A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF A COUNTRY MESSENGER ( LANDBOTE ) CIRCA 1760, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK TO HIS CHEST, IMPRESSED 1 TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE Modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli , his slightly gaunt face with a moustache, striding across country holding a staff, a rolled up document tied to a satchel slung over his shoulder, wearing a fur-trimmed red cap, a red-lined brown jacket, blue breeches and black shoes, wearing the factory mark as a gilt-edged emblem on his chest, a dog nearby, on a flat mound base edged with sweeping scrolls enriched in gilding (tip of staff lacking, small restored chip to edge of base adjacent to dog, areas of minute wear) 6 11/16 in. (17 cm.) high