28. A Meissen figure of a carpenter, circa 1750-55 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, standing holding an axe in his right hand and balancing a saw with the right, wearing a black tricorn hat, brown jacket with gilt buttons, yellow waistcoat decorated with purple indianische Blumen and gilt buttons, a chamois apron with a spool at the waist, purple breeches and black shoes, the moulded base with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 22.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base (minor restoration) Provenance: Emma Budge Collection, Hamburg, sold at Paul Graupe, Berlin, 27-29 September 1937, lot 827d; Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 4 March 1986, lot 195