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A pair of Meissen portrait busts of children
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, EACH INCISED 2744., PAINTED NUMERALS 15. IN IRON-RED
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A pair of Meissen portrait busts of children
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords marks, each incised 2744., painted numerals 15. in iron-red
After originals by J. J. Kaendler, modelled Prince Louis Charles de Bourbon and Princess Marie Zepherine de Bourbon, both quarter-length, the Prince wearing a plumed cap painted with flowers on a yellow ground and edged in gilt, tied with a blue ribbon, with a posy in his puce sash and a brown diaper pattern jacket, the Princess with a headscarf painted with monochrome sprigs, with a posy in her turquoise flowered bodice and a pink drape, both on oval bases moulded and gilt with C-scrolls (his plume a restored replacement, the bow re-stuck, both with chipping to flowers)
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords marks, each incised 2744., painted numerals 15. in iron-red
After originals by J. J. Kaendler, modelled Prince Louis Charles de Bourbon and Princess Marie Zepherine de Bourbon, both quarter-length, the Prince wearing a plumed cap painted with flowers on a yellow ground and edged in gilt, tied with a blue ribbon, with a posy in his puce sash and a brown diaper pattern jacket, the Princess with a headscarf painted with monochrome sprigs, with a posy in her turquoise flowered bodice and a pink drape, both on oval bases moulded and gilt with C-scrolls (his plume a restored replacement, the bow re-stuck, both with chipping to flowers)
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high (2)