A PAIR OF FURSTENBERG BISCUIT ROYAL PORTRAIT BUSTS, naturalistically modelled in relief;

THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLE FAMILY, VUGHT

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A PAIR OF FURSTENBERG BISCUIT ROYAL PORTRAIT BUSTS, naturalistically modelled in relief;
- one depicting Elizabeth Christine (Queen of Prussia), also inscribed in German Elisab. Christine Königin von Preussen wearing an elaborate bonnet and scarf - one depicting Alexander I (Czar of Russia) also inscribed in German Alexander I. K.A.R., wearing a regal uniform and star medal,
both on gilt cylindrical porcelain pedestals, above octagonal plinths (some chips to plinth to one pedestal), marked with an underglaze blue F and Z, first half 19th Century
29 cm high (2)

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VARIOUS PROPERTIES

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Alexander I lived from 1777 to 1825 and Elizabeth from 1801 to 1873, she was married to Frederick William IV, King of Prussia in 1840.

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