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A similar example is illustrated by Röder, op. cit (Mainz, 1925), fig. 366.
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CIRCA 1775, BLUE WHEEL MARK
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A HÖCHST PASTORAL GROUP (KINDERIDYLL)
CIRCA 1775, BLUE WHEEL MARK
Modelled by J.P. Melchior with three children, the central boy lying on his back and blowing on a gilt horn before tall rockwork, a girl kneeling before him holding a cat over her right arm, a small bird's nest with eggs resting on her apron on the ground nearby, a boy in a striped turban standing on the right with his right arm raised, his dog on a lead before him and a rockwork arch behind him, on a grassy mound base edged with rocks (standing boy restuck and with repairs to his feet and left leg, small chip to hem of his jacket at back, his and the girl's hands with restoration, arch broken through and restuck, majority of lead lacking, dog with damages and repairs, minute chipping to footrim)
6¼ in. (16.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 1775, BLUE WHEEL MARK
Modelled by J.P. Melchior with three children, the central boy lying on his back and blowing on a gilt horn before tall rockwork, a girl kneeling before him holding a cat over her right arm, a small bird's nest with eggs resting on her apron on the ground nearby, a boy in a striped turban standing on the right with his right arm raised, his dog on a lead before him and a rockwork arch behind him, on a grassy mound base edged with rocks (standing boy restuck and with repairs to his feet and left leg, small chip to hem of his jacket at back, his and the girl's hands with restoration, arch broken through and restuck, majority of lead lacking, dog with damages and repairs, minute chipping to footrim)
6¼ in. (16.1 cm.) high
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