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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN STANDING WINGED CHERUBS, gilt and painted in colours, naturalistically modelled in relief, both on circular rockwork pedestal base including;
- one as a smith wearing a brown apron and a green bonnet, holding a hammer and pincers enclosing a heart on an anvil, above a circular treetrunk - one holding a burning heart towards his right knee, seated on a gnarled tree trunk (some damages) both marked with blue crossed swords, one with Pressnummern 101 and L 109, marked 49 in overglaze red, the other with Pressnummern 63 and L 114 marked 32 in overglaze black, 19th Century
19.5 cm high (2)
- one as a smith wearing a brown apron and a green bonnet, holding a hammer and pincers enclosing a heart on an anvil, above a circular treetrunk - one holding a burning heart towards his right knee, seated on a gnarled tree trunk (some damages) both marked with blue crossed swords, one with Pressnummern 101 and L 109, marked 49 in overglaze red, the other with Pressnummern 63 and L 114 marked 32 in overglaze black, 19th Century
19.5 cm high (2)