The Property of
the late DOWAGER VISCOUNTESS RUNCIMAN
Sold by Order of the Executors
A PAIR OF MEISSEN MODELS OF GOLDEN ORIOLES facing left and right, perched on tree-stumps, their bodies and heads painted in bright yellow, with peach beaks and claws, white backs and black wing and tail feathers enriched in yellow, the gnarled stumps moulded and applied with leaves and a single forget-me-not (chips to both beaks and to leaves, one with chip to base of stump), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 1010 and 124, incised 820, circa 1880
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN MODELS OF GOLDEN ORIOLES facing left and right, perched on tree-stumps, their bodies and heads painted in bright yellow, with peach beaks and claws, white backs and black wing and tail feathers enriched in yellow, the gnarled stumps moulded and applied with leaves and a single forget-me-not (chips to both beaks and to leaves, one with chip to base of stump), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 1010 and 124, incised 820, circa 1880
10¼in. (26cm.) high (2)
10¼in. (26cm.) high (2)