AFTER MODELS BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, CIRCA 1865
Details
A pair of French polychrome biscuit busts of young maidens
After models by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Circa 1865
One wearing a flower crown, her long plaits resting on her shoulders and tied up in a chignon at the back, the other one with free ribbon-entwined hair, on circular stepped bases, the former dated 1865, both inscribed A. Carrier, and with manufacture marks HA & Cie to the inner side of their bases
15 in. (38 cm.) high (2)
After models by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Circa 1865
One wearing a flower crown, her long plaits resting on her shoulders and tied up in a chignon at the back, the other one with free ribbon-entwined hair, on circular stepped bases, the former dated 1865, both inscribed A. Carrier, and with manufacture marks HA & Cie to the inner side of their bases
15 in. (38 cm.) high (2)