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Property from a Northwest Collection
FIVE ASSEMBLED MEISSEN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SENSES
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED, INCISED AND PAINTED NUMERALS
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FIVE ASSEMBLED MEISSEN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SENSES
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED, INCISED AND PAINTED NUMERALS
Each modelled as a standing nymph emblematic of Sound, Touch, Scent, Sight and Taste, respectively, surrounded by her corresponding attributes and accompanied by putti, on a gilt enriched rocaille scroll base moulded with the related symbolic human trait
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, Taste (5)
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED, INCISED AND PAINTED NUMERALS
Each modelled as a standing nymph emblematic of Sound, Touch, Scent, Sight and Taste, respectively, surrounded by her corresponding attributes and accompanied by putti, on a gilt enriched rocaille scroll base moulded with the related symbolic human trait
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, Taste (5)
Provenance
Touch with R.W. Johnston, Waldorf Astoria, New York
All five with Ralph Capozzi, New York, 6 October 1941
The Estelle Doheny Collection from St. Mary's of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri, Christie's, New York, 17 December 2001, lot 215, inv. no. 2
All five with Ralph Capozzi, New York, 6 October 1941
The Estelle Doheny Collection from St. Mary's of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri, Christie's, New York, 17 December 2001, lot 215, inv. no. 2