Meissen 'Tailor on a goat'

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  1. Danny-8007

    Danny-8007 New Member

    Our family has a Meissen ' Tailor on a goat' piece that we have had in the family for
    100 years. We are trying to find out more about the piece, we where originally told
    that this is 18th century and that this was 1 of 7 in the world. Does anyone have
    any more information they could tell us about this as we cannot find this exact one online anywhere
     

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  2. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Welcome Danny.
    Stunning, beautiful detail.
    I think I see some damage, the glasses for instance, and possibly one horn. That will influence the value, but I think you are just looking for more background information.

    I took the liberty of posting the photos full image:

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  4. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Also known as Count Bruhl's Tailor. Count Bruhl was the ultimate 18th C dandy. He is said to have once purchased, at a single sitting, 100 embroidered silk suits with extra pants, matching hats, canes and snuff boxes. Peter the Great once commented of him something to the effect of 'such a large hat to cover such a small brain'. A glittering personality within his circle, and oblivious to those without.

    He had run up an enormous bill at his tailor's, and the tailor offered to settle the bill if Count Bruhl would allow him to attend just one of Bruhl's aristocratic soirees. Bruhl agreed, commissioned this figure from Meissen, and displayed it at one of his dinners, maintaining that the porcelain tailor on the goat fulfilled the agreement. The aristocracy being what the aristocracy was, he got away with it.
     
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