29. A Meissen figure of a wheel- and cartwright, circa 1750-55 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, wearing an iron-red waistcoat with gilt buttons, a leather apron and blue breeches, the base modelled with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 21cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to edge of base (minor restoration) Provenance: With The Antique Porcelain Company, London, 1951; The Estate of Sir Henry Tate, Bt., sold at Christie's London, 6 March 1995, lot 162; Purchased in the above sale Literature: Illustrated Catalogue of English and Continental Porcelain of the 18th Century, The Antique Porcelain Co. Ltd., London, June 1951, p. 88 (illustrated)