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    British and Continental Ceramics

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    10 January 2007

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    Lot 1170

    A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF PUTTI EMBLEMATIC OF AUTUMM AND WINTER

    CIRCA 1745, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO AUTUMN

    Price realised

    GBP 840

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF PUTTI EMBLEMATIC OF AUTUMM AND WINTER
    CIRCA 1745, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO AUTUMN
    Modelled by J.J.Kändler, Autumn wearing a vine wreath and drinking from a goblet, Winter wearing a fur-lined cloak and holding a pan of coals
    5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (2)

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