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Two Meissen Porcelain Emblematic Figural Groups
Two Meissen Porcelain Emblematic Figural Groups
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Two Meissen Porcelain Emblematic Figural Groups After Acier and Schonheit. The first, a group of musicians and dancers, with male bagpiper, seated woman playing a hurdy-gurdy, above a couple dancing; a couple eating and drinking, and a crooning seated dog. The second, a group of figures emblematic of love, including a standing man, holding a watch, whilst a seated woman spins wool; below a man standing, near a sleeping woman; near a seated man holding a dove, near a standing woman holding a birdcage. Both under trees with leaves on rocky tiered mounded base, above cylindrical banded, molded base. Both painted in polychrome enamels with gilt highlights. Both with underglaze blue crossed swords marks. Incised respectively D96 and D93. Impressed 35. to both. The tree sections, one with printed red 27. Circa 1920. {Approximate dimensions: 18 1/2" H., including trees.}. Condition: In both examples, the removable tree section is a later replacement and these appear to have been made with a short steel shank, surrounded by plaster, with a porcelain exterior. A couple of Y shaped firing cracks within base uppermost crevices. To Dancing Group: Female dancer absent lower right arm; seated drinking man's left arm broken off, reattached, and his left hand a replacement; all professionally overpainted, now absent the goblet. To Love group: The left hand to the figure at the very top has been partly repainted. Twining wool absent from man's left hand, woman's hands, and the strap to his watch mostly absent; leaf in standing man's right hand broken off near sleeping woman, her left hand absent an object and with losses to fingers. Minor scratches and losses to enamels.
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Two Meissen Porcelain Emblematic Figural Groups

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