A PAIR OF FRENCH TERRACOTTA FIGURES, by Gossin Frères, Paris, each in 18th century costume; the woman wearing a hat with a flower basket supported on her right arm and holding a flower in her left hand; her companion with rosettes to his shoulders, with his foot resting on a spade, each on a circular naturalistic base, signed GOSSIN. Frs/PARIS and impressed 131 and 130 respectively (her right hand index and little finger repaired, the flower stems in her hand restored; he with possible repair to his neck and restoration to his left hand and the wooden spade shaft later), 19th century

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A PAIR OF FRENCH TERRACOTTA FIGURES, by Gossin Frères, Paris, each in 18th century costume; the woman wearing a hat with a flower basket supported on her right arm and holding a flower in her left hand; her companion with rosettes to his shoulders, with his foot resting on a spade, each on a circular naturalistic base, signed GOSSIN. Frs/PARIS and impressed 131 and 130 respectively (her right hand index and little finger repaired, the flower stems in her hand restored; he with possible repair to his neck and restoration to his left hand and the wooden spade shaft later), 19th century
the woman: 52¼in. (133cm.) high;
her companion: 53½in. (136cm.) high (2)

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Louis and Etienne Gossin were brothers working in Paris at the end of the 19th century. Mainly genre sculptors, their works were exhibited at the Salon from 1877 onwards. They also won bronze medals at the Expositions of 1889 and 1900.

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