17th Nov, 2011 9:00 GMT/BST

Autumn Catalogue Sale

 
  Lot 113
 

113

A Pair of Vion & Baury, Paris Bisque Porcelain Figures, circa 1870, as a young couple, she...

A Pair of Vion & Baury, Paris Bisque Porcelain Figures, circa 1870, as a young couple, she stands in floral dress holding a broad rimmed straw hat in her right hand, a posy in her left, he leaning pensively against a tree stump, in soft colours and gilt throughout, each with applied lavender coloured tablet impressed VB, each also inscribed in black script Expon de Vienne Autriche 1873, 44cm and 43cm high respectively
Not Sold

 

Female - restorations to her head gear and around her neck and head generally (this is done to a high standard), also to her left arm. Old firing cracks in her hat. Slight chipping of the 'embroidered' edges of the garments. Male - right hand restored. Chip on right sleeve. Both are in fully restored condition. Slight rubbing of the gilding to both figures. 190911

 


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Auction: Autumn Catalogue Sale, 17th Nov, 2011

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