A GROUP OF FIVE FRENCH SÈVRES STYLE PORTRAIT BISQUE
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A GROUP OF FIVE FRENCH SÈVRES STYLE PORTRAIT BISQUE BUSTS, 20TH CENTURY, consisting of two pairs of busts after Jean Antoine Houdon (French 1741-1828) of Alexandre and Louise Brogniart, children of the neoclassical architect Alexandre Theodore Brogniart (French 1773-1813), one pair raised on a gilt and cobalt circular socle, marked "P. Pastaud, Limoges, France, height: 7 1/2", diameter: 4"; and the other pair raised on white, like formed socle bases, marked in green "Limoges, France," height: 7 1/2", diameter: 4"; the large bust after Felix Lecomte (French 1737-1817) portrait of Marie Antoinette, with a blue mark at base of bust height: 11 1/4", diameter: 6 1/2".
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The larger bust with apparent repair and yellowed residue at the neck and a small chip; the others having very mild surface wear or smudges, overall in very good condition, wear commensurate with age and use.
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A GROUP OF FIVE FRENCH SÈVRES STYLE PORTRAIT BISQUE
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