A pair of large 19th century Meissen porcelain busts of the Bourbon children
Description
after the models by J.J. Kändler, depicting Princess Maria Zepherine and Prince Louis Charles, crossed swords marks in blue, on turned bases, height of the busts - 23.5cm (29.5cm including bases)
Condition report:
Figure facing left has the end of the feather plumage chipped off. Small factory crack to the base at the back and there is a 1cm surface slither put at the back. Very small surface chip to the blue ribbon in the hair.
The other has a large glaze crack going across the forehead, crack which goes from the back of the neck down through the body to the right arm. faint 2 inch hairline crack to the back of the head. Cracks to the left arm and the base. The glue has dried and has come off the wooden base
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Description
after the models by J.J. Kändler, depicting Princess Maria Zepherine and Prince Louis Charles, crossed swords marks in blue, on turned bases, height of the busts - 23.5cm (29.5cm including bases)
Condition report:
Figure facing left has the end of the feather plumage chipped off. Small factory crack to the base at the back and there is a 1cm surface slither put at the back. Very small surface chip to the blue ribbon in the hair.
The other has a large glaze crack going across the forehead, crack which goes from the back of the neck down through the body to the right arm. faint 2 inch hairline crack to the back of the head. Cracks to the left arm and the base. The glue has dried and has come off the wooden base