A Meissen allegorical figure of `America' late 19th century

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Description

crossed swords and 12 in underglaze-blue, incised No.858, impressed 46
29cm., 11 3/8 in.

from a set of `The Continents', after the model by J.J.Kändler, J.F.Eberlein and P.Reinicke, as a female Indian seated on the back of a crocodile, holding a cornucopia of flowers and jewels and with a parrot perched on her right hand, wearing a feather headdress, cloak and skirt, the rectangular grassy base edged in gilding