Strasbourg Bagpipe Player Figurine

This is a very rare figurine made by Strasbourg around 1752. The factory was founded by Karl Franz Hannong as an earthenware maker around 1721 but soon after his son Paul Anton took over the factory around 1732. He went into partnership with Ringler and began the production of porcelain. The competition with Vincennes forced him to close the factory and move it to Frankenthal. This figurine is from the very early stages of production when the were still trying to figure out the whole process and the pieces were still based on the figurines made of faience. It is of a bagpipe player sitting on a chair. Superbly modeled and left in the white to show of the detail. The figure is marked underneath with the impressed H:i mark used on the earliest of pieces in porcelain. He is in great condition with the pinky on his right hand missing, the long tubes of the bagpipe going downwards are chipped, two of the bows on his pants/shoes are chipped and there is a teeny chip on his jacket edge. All in all in amazing condition really for a piece this old and fragile. There are a number of manufacturing flaws that show the issues of early porcelain production mainly a large hole in his back where a piece must have fired away at the high temps of the firing process. It is glazed and definitely original. Also a few spots on the chair legs and the rest of the figurine but none are bad at all. The figurine is 5.125 inches tall, 2.5 inches wide and 3.25 inches deep. Please email me for more information or other pictures.