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C.F LEN AND YVONNE ADAMS, MEISSEN PORTRAIT FIGURES, P.51 FOR AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE GIRL WITH A CHICKEN
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THREE MEISSEN FIGURES
COMPRISING: A MODEL OF A GIRL HOLDING A CHICKEN MODELLED BY P. REINICKE AND J.J. KäNDLER MODELLED STANDING BAREFOOT IN A STRAW HAT AND FULL SKIRT -- 5½IN. (14CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1750; A FIGURE OF A BOY GARDENER, STANDING BAREFOOT IN A LARGE-BRIMMED HAT FILLED WITH FLOWERS, A POSY IN HS HAND AND HIS BREECHES TRIMMED WITH FLOWERS -- 6¾IN. (17.2CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1750; AND A FIGURE OF A BAREFOOT BOY IN HAT AND BREECHES HOLDING A FLOWER-GARLAND -- 5¼IN. (13.2CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1750 (ALL PROBABLY OUTSIDE DECORATED, DAMAGES AND RESTORATION)
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COMPRISING: A MODEL OF A GIRL HOLDING A CHICKEN MODELLED BY P. REINICKE AND J.J. KäNDLER MODELLED STANDING BAREFOOT IN A STRAW HAT AND FULL SKIRT -- 5½IN. (14CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1750; A FIGURE OF A BOY GARDENER, STANDING BAREFOOT IN A LARGE-BRIMMED HAT FILLED WITH FLOWERS, A POSY IN HS HAND AND HIS BREECHES TRIMMED WITH FLOWERS -- 6¾IN. (17.2CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1750; AND A FIGURE OF A BAREFOOT BOY IN HAT AND BREECHES HOLDING A FLOWER-GARLAND -- 5¼IN. (13.2CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1750 (ALL PROBABLY OUTSIDE DECORATED, DAMAGES AND RESTORATION)
SEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION (3)