188 Pair of Meissen Porcelain Parrots fourth quarter 19th century, German, the parrots perched on tree stumps, the stumps molded with flowering vines and cherries, and various insects and snails, both with underglaze blue crossed swords, one with incised “20” and impressed “85”, the other incised “20 X”, both with overglaze black “21.” h. 11”, w. 5”, d. 6” Provenance: Successions of Lois Chalona Hawkins and H. Lloyd Hawkins, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana. Literature: Deloris Hensi, The H. Lloyd Hawkins, Jr. Meissen Collection (New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997), p. 49. $1,200‑$1,800 188
189 Rare Meissen Porcelain Cockerel-Form Tea Pot mid-18th century, German, first produced by Kandler in 1739, with carefully hand-painted feathers, with a faint blue crossed swords mark and incised numerals. h. 6‑1/2”, w. 9‑1/2”, d. 3” Provenance: Successions of Lois Chalona Hawkins and H. Lloyd Hawkins, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana. Literature: Deloris Hensi, The H. Lloyd Hawkins, Jr. Meissen Collection (New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997), p. 235. $1,000‑$1,500
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190 Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Hunting Dog
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first quarter 19th century, German, poised on a mossy earthen mound, with a fluted and molded base, the collar marked “FA”, believed by some to stand for Frederick Augustus, elector of Saxony from 1774, with underglaze blue crossed swords and incised “C.27”. h. 7‑1/4”, w. 9‑3/4”, d. 5‑1/2” Provenance: Successions of Lois Chalona Hawkins and H. Lloyd Hawkins, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana. Literature: Deloris Hensi, The H. Lloyd Hawkins, Jr. Meissen Collection (New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997), p. 60. $1,200‑$1,800 191 Louis XV-Style Polychrome and Onyx-Top Center Table 20th century, the turtle-form top with an inset onyx surface, above a conforming scrolling foliate frieze, raised on molded cabriole legs headed by foliate carving and ending in scrolled toes. h. 29”, w. 36‑1/2”, d. 24” $1,000‑$1,500
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