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BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A LARGE MEISSEN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF COMMERCE
BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY
Modelled in the round with Mercury standing beside a 'marbled' pedestal his hand extended to a winged figure of Opportunity above rockwork, putti shearing sheep and spinning wool, a nymph reclining on a sheaf of wheat, a boy seated on a barrel pouring wine, putti mining with a miner holding lumps of coal taken from a box at his feet and a River God emblematic of Fortune seated on bundles in a dory, on a rectangular base
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY
Modelled in the round with Mercury standing beside a 'marbled' pedestal his hand extended to a winged figure of Opportunity above rockwork, putti shearing sheep and spinning wool, a nymph reclining on a sheaf of wheat, a boy seated on a barrel pouring wine, putti mining with a miner holding lumps of coal taken from a box at his feet and a River God emblematic of Fortune seated on bundles in a dory, on a rectangular base
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high