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Pair of Vienna Figure Groups


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Dates Circa 1748 - 1750
Origin Vienna
Description A rare pair of early Vienna figures of itinerant peasants, the man resting over his basket of turnips and radishes, a smoking pipe in his hand. The lady rests on the corn she has just cut, her sythe is in her hand – modelled by Anton Payer – incised P to base and an early blue beehive mark
Condition some leaves missing to the base of the man and her tree trunk is re-stuck and a chip filled some leaves missing
Literature Mzarek and Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864 p48, pl.277 and p.116 where the man is illustrated - the lady appears to be unrecorded in the literature