Meissen Wife of Tailor Riding on Goat by Johann Eberlein Model 155

Measures:
Height 7.28 inches (18.5 cm)
Width 6.29 inches (16.0 cm)
Depth 2.75 inches (7.0 cm)

Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (glazed bottom)
model number 155 / former’s number 144 / painter’s number 56
First quality 
Dating: 19th century / made circa 1860-1870
Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted
Technique: handmade porcelain
Style: Rococo

Modelled by:
Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695 – 1749)
He was sculptor at Meissen manufactory as from the year 1735. Eberlein worked together with Johann Joachim Kändler (1706 – 1775) who has been active on behalf of Meissen manufactory since the year 1731: Both sculptors created together with Johann Gottlieb Ehder the most famous Swan Service, consisting of more than 2200 pieces (1737 – 1742). Most of Eberlein’s own models show antique gods on Rocaille bases.
The model 155 was created in year 1740.

Subject:
Wife of Tailor rides on goat / the woman is busy with her baby-child’s breast-feeding. Simultaneously with this scene, the goat feeds its child, too: A baby goat is sucking mother’s udders while it sinks down on its knees. – The figurine group is attached to flat base decorated with flowers’ blossoms and leaves.
Please note:
Model 155 is counterpart to model 171 which is Tailor on Goat, once having been designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775) in year 1740, too.
Bibliography:
Sabine & Thomas Bergmann, Meissen Figures, model numbers 1 – 3000 (Erlangen, Germany) 2017, catalogue number 1002 on page 10.

Condition: There aren’t any damages / any imperfections existing.