A PAIR OF RESTAURATION PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURES OF MUSES, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, REPRESENTING THALIE AND MELPOMENE, EACH CLAD IN CLASSICAL ATTIRE WITH THALIE CLUTCHING HER COMEDY MASK AND STAFF WHILE MELPOMENE HOLDS A DAGGER AND A TRAGIC MASK, EACH ON A RECTANGULAR SIENA MARBLE PEDESTAL WITH APPLIED CIRCULAR PENDANTS CAST WITH ANTHEMION AND LAUREL WREATHS CENTERING THE NAME OF THE MUSE, ONE WITH A DAGGER THROUGH A CORONET AND THE OTHER AN OVAL CABOCHON, RAISED ON A CONFORMING LEAF-TIP CAST PLINTH--14¾ IN. HIGH (2)