30. A Meissen figure of a seamstress, circa 1750-55 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke, with a purple sleeve over her right arm and a piece of cloth in the left hand, wearing a white bonnet, yellow tunic and purple-striped skirt, the base moulded with purple-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 22.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base (minor chips) 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)