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Old Woman Spooning Soup
as a vase or toothpick holder, made by Levy & Cie., Charenton, France, underglaze blue mark with a cross, 1876-1881, naturalistic modelling with polychrome overglaze painting and gold decoration; an elderly woman in Biedermeier costume seated on an oval rocaille plinth, pausing whilst spooning soup and looking to the side; the stove standing beside her is crafted as a hollow form, stool showing age-related colour loss and with the left elbow previously repaired, H 18.5 cm
Measurement: 18.5 CM
Old Woman Spooning Soup
as a vase or toothpick holder, made by Levy & Cie., Charenton, France, underglaze blue mark with a cross, 1876-1881, naturalistic modelling with polychrome overglaze painting and gold decoration; an elderly woman in Biedermeier costume seated on an oval rocaille plinth, pausing whilst spooning soup and looking to the side; the stove standing beside her is crafted as a hollow form, stool showing age-related colour loss and with the left elbow previously repaired, H 18.5 cm
Measurement: 18.5 CM
