Lot 296
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A GOUDA ZUID-HOLLAND POLYCHROME FIGURAL GROUP, moulded as two elderly women standing side to side, both wearing a bonnet, a cape, a skirt and an apron and holding a basket of flowers, on rounded rectangular base, painted marks Gouda Zuid-Holland

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A GOUDA ZUID-HOLLAND POLYCHROME FIGURAL GROUP, moulded as two elderly women standing side to side, both wearing a bonnet, a cape, a skirt and an apron and holding a basket of flowers, on rounded rectangular base, painted marks Gouda Zuid-Holland
17 cm high

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This group represents the Dutch literary ladies Betje Wolff (1738-1804) and Aagje Deken (1741-1804) who got to know each other in 1876. Their epistolary-style novel, originated in England, made them famous. Their most well-known work, without doubt is the 'Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart' (1782).

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