16. A Meissen figure of the oyster seller from the "Cris de Paris" series, circa 1755 Modelled by P. Reinicke, holding an oyster in his right hand and carrying baskets of oysters on his back and left arm, wearing a black tricorn hat, puce jacket with gilt buttons, pale-yellow apron and black breeches with a knife to his right side, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 14.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base, impressed 12 (minor restoration) Exhibited: Hohenberg an der Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, 2018-2023 Based on the drawing by Christophe Huet of 1753 published in M. Eberle, Cris de Paris Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts, 2001, no. 51, p. 130.