A PAIR OF VIENNA FIGURES OF A VINTNER AND COMPANION, he in a conical hat, yellow puce-lined jacket, white waistcoat with gilt frogging, pale-green apron and puce breeches, she in a conical hat, yellow and pink bodice, green apron and white skirt with puce hem and zig-zag border, he holding a bunch of grapes and standing beside a pannier of grapes, she standing holding a knife and a large fan with a barrel and a basket of grapes at her side, on mound bases (restoration to his knife, fingers of his right hand, tip of yellow right arm cuff and his left foot, she with restoration to hat and fingers of her right hand, handle of fan and handles of basket), blue beehive marks, he with incised Q, she with impressed and painter's W., circa 1765

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A PAIR OF VIENNA FIGURES OF A VINTNER AND COMPANION, he in a conical hat, yellow puce-lined jacket, white waistcoat with gilt frogging, pale-green apron and puce breeches, she in a conical hat, yellow and pink bodice, green apron and white skirt with puce hem and zig-zag border, he holding a bunch of grapes and standing beside a pannier of grapes, she standing holding a knife and a large fan with a barrel and a basket of grapes at her side, on mound bases (restoration to his knife, fingers of his right hand, tip of yellow right arm cuff and his left foot, she with restoration to hat and fingers of her right hand, handle of fan and handles of basket), blue beehive marks, he with incised Q, she with impressed and painter's W., circa 1765
he 16.5cm. high
she 17cm. high (2)

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Cf. a white pair sold in these Rooms, 6 April 1981, lot 110

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