Porcelain figurines "The five senses"

Lot 126
17.11.2021 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 126 | Porcelain figurines "The five senses"
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PORCELAIN FIGURINES "THE FIVE SENSES".

Meissen.
Date: Before 1924/20th century.
Maker/Designer: Model J.C. Schönheit.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours and gold.
Description: Allegories "The Smell", "Hearing", "Taste", "Sight", "Feeling". Each a courtly lady
sitting at a table, with corresponding attributes representing one of the senses..
Measurement: Height 12,5 - 14,5cm.
Mark: Swordsmark, E1/E2/E3/E5/70663.

Bossing no. 119/122/140/144/147 once with year mark 1954 and twice 1956, twice painting no. 12/14 a) The scent: E5, bossing no. 122, painter no. 12. - Lace border bumped. - All blossoms and leaves bumped. b) The Feeling: 70663, embossing no. 140, indistinct year mark probably for 1596, painter's no. 14. - Good condition. c) The taste: E2, bossing no. 119, year 1956, without painter's no., - One stem of a petal in the basket broken off and missing, otherwise good condition. d) The sight: E3, embosser no. 147, year mark 1956, painter no. 79. - Good condition. e) Hearing: E1, bossing no. 144, painter's no. 9. - 2 small burn marks in the area of the hip.
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