Four Meissen monkey-band figures
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Four Meissen monkey-band figures

CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED NUMBERS AND PRESSNUMMERN

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Four Meissen monkey-band figures
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords marks, various incised numbers and Pressnummern
After the models by J.J. Kändler, each in plain or patterned coloured clothes on green scroll-moulded bases moulded with gilt scrolls, comprising:

A songstress, seated on an X-framed stool with her score on her lap (chips to cap and left sleeve, restoration to left hand and foot),
A harpist, seated on a stool, her instrument before her (frame of instrument restored, strings lacking)
A flautist, standing before a tree-stump (restoration to right arm, left cuff, to instrument and to hands, chipping to toes of left foot)
A double-base player, seated on a tree-stump (left foot restored)
From 4¾ in. (12 cm.) to 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high (4)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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