For sale is a very rare figurine of a hussar soldier on a
horse made by Fuerstenberg in about 1760. A very well modeled figure
that is perfectly hand painted. Only very few examples are known of this
model! The hussar is nicely dressed with one hand in the air while the
other is on the back side of the horse's neck. That hand would have been
holding the reigns which were not made of porcelain and are long gone.
The horse looks like it is ready to jump over an obstacle during battle
onto a typical base for this maker during this period. The horse's face
is superbly painted as it the back end with the spots. The figurine is
9.625 inches tall, 4.5 inches wide and 9.5 inches long. It is marked
underneath with the blue mark as shown they used quite a bit
during this time before it not being allowed anymore later in the 18th
century. The piece is in decent condition for what it is but the upper
hand is damaged and missing five of the fingers for the most part after
it was already previously restored, the tail was off at the base and
restored back on, the tip to the back right side of the horse's blanket
is chipped, his saber is missing the section between the handle and the
tip for the most part, the tip of his right foot and part of the reign
is missing, both front legs are in bad shape after having been restored
previously and both back legs are broken as well though the horse was
never off the base and there is some flat chipping to a spot in the
front center of the base. It sounds worse than it is and the piece still
displays nicely but could definitely be improved by a good restorer.
The rarity makes up for the issues I think! Germany German 18th century Husar Reiter Pferd Soldat Soldatenfigur Reiterfigur
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