Quack Doctor prescribes surprise remedy
Tentatively catalogued as ‘18th-19th century German, possibly Meissen’, a porcelain figure of the Quack Doctor from the Cryes of London series was the surprise tonic at Reeman Dansie’s (20% buyer’s premium) August 1 Colchester sale.
The Quack became part of Kändler’s series c.1755 but, as with other figures in the series, it was …