Lot Essay
Cf. Berling, op. cit., p. 66, fig. 159 (for Touch).
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED E 1., E 2., E.3., E 4. AND E 5., VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS, AFTER THE MODELS BY J.C. SCHÖNHEIT
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED E 1., E 2., E.3., E 4. AND E 5., VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS, AFTER THE MODELS BY J.C. SCHÖNHEIT
Each as a seated woman before a table, Sight gazing into a mirror, Touch being pecked by a parrot in a birdcage, Taste eating and drinking, Sound playing the piano, and Sight holding a bouquet to her nose, each on a stop-fluted base
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, Sight (5)
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED E 1., E 2., E.3., E 4. AND E 5., VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS, AFTER THE MODELS BY J.C. SCHÖNHEIT
Each as a seated woman before a table, Sight gazing into a mirror, Touch being pecked by a parrot in a birdcage, Taste eating and drinking, Sound playing the piano, and Sight holding a bouquet to her nose, each on a stop-fluted base
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, Sight (5)
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