For sale is one of the Vienna versions of the Cris de Paris
type street vendors in Wien , Austria instead of Paris . Here we have the
pretzel seller made by Royal Vienna in the mid 18th century around 1760.
He is part of an entire series but they are really hard to find and I have never seen this figure in white. Modeled superbly and quite
typical of early Vienna figurines. He has a little trumpet in his left
hand to attract the attention of the people, has a basket with a cloth
on top and a couple of pretzels in it on his back and a stick holding a
few pretzels on his right with a pretzel in his right hand. A couple of
flowers on the base. It is really a superb figurine! The figure was left
in the white to show off the nice details of this figurine and it is in
good condition for the age. The tip of the pretzel stick is missing and
there is some damage to the back left coat are as shown and possible a
bit of damage to the top of the flowers on his hat but that is hard to
tell plus some staining to the top of his hat. That all being said he
really is in remarkable condition for the age and all those tiny fragile
details! Fingers and pretzels are fine as is the trumpet, etc. The
figure is 7.625 inches tall, 3.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches deep. Marked
underneath with the blue beehive / shield mark as shown. Austria Austrian Vienne blanc de chine Street Vendor Strassenverkäufer Brezelverkäufer Wiener Kaufrufe
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