Female Blackamoor Figurine

This is a rare and amazing figurine of a lady Blackamoor made by Meissen in about 1745. Modeled by Peter Reinicke this is a new favorite of mine. The piece is superbly modeled and hand painted in thos really nice early colors. It is about as early a figurine that one can find made by them that is still affordable. The lady is wearing a Turkish dress with a white and red striped headdress. She is holding an oval reticulated basket filled with lemons at her waist, her right hand removing some of the headdress from her face and standing on a nice base with two flowers and their leaves on it. This figurine has lots going for it. It was painted when it was made (very important!) and not later. It has superb colors and a nice design with those awesome flowers to her dress. She displays very nicely but has three fingers chipped on her top hand, two on the hand on the basket, a chip to the basket edge and some flaking to the yellow paint on the lemons and a spot on one of her shoes. None of this is obvious and she looks great! And to make it even better I also have her male friend to make a perfect couple :) The figurine is 5.5 inches tall, 2.25 inches wide and 1.875 inches deep. There are remnants of the blue crossed swords mark to the back base but one cannot mistake these early pieces. They are amazing to say the least! Please email me for more information or other pictures.