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A pair of large Continental faience figures and pedestals
the figures modelled as minstrels, the man wearing hat decorated with leaves, cape, jacket tied with a sash and breeches, holding guitar, the woman wearing a bonnet, bodice and long skirt, a lute over her shoulders, each on tree stump footed bases applied with fruit and leaves, impressed numerals, both -- 87cm. high, the marbled tapering pedestals festooned with swags of flowers with moulded bands of acanthus, shells, scrolls, ribbon-tied reeds and bosses, on spreading circular bases -- 92cm. high, late 19th century (damages and repairs)
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the figures modelled as minstrels, the man wearing hat decorated with leaves, cape, jacket tied with a sash and breeches, holding guitar, the woman wearing a bonnet, bodice and long skirt, a lute over her shoulders, each on tree stump footed bases applied with fruit and leaves, impressed numerals, both -- 87cm. high, the marbled tapering pedestals festooned with swags of flowers with moulded bands of acanthus, shells, scrolls, ribbon-tied reeds and bosses, on spreading circular bases -- 92cm. high, late 19th century (damages and repairs)
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