EUROPEAN PORCELAIN HAND-PAINTED FIGURAL GROUPS, LOT OF TWO, each standing on an ovoid base with gilt accents, comprising a Meissen example featuring a couple wearing elegant 18th century dress including a woman holding a fan and a gentleman holding a small bouquet, having underglaze blue hand-brushed crossed swords mark to underside, and a Bow example depicting a girl and a boy holding baskets of applied fruit, having gilt anchor and dagger mark to back of base. Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany; Bow Porcelain Factory, London, England. Late 18th/19th century. 7 1/4" HOA.
Provenance: From a Charlottesville, VA estate.
Bow example undamaged; Meissen example having flake to base front, and some losses including man's sword, part of his hair bow, and scattered minor losses to applied flowers.