A GROUP OF SEVEN MEISSEN MONKEY BAND FIGURES AND A MUSIC STAND, 20TH CENTURY |

after the 18th models by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, comprising a conductor and music stand, a trumpeter, a cellist, a keyboardist, a guitarist, a harpist, and a recorder player, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals, painter's numerals; and a Dresden porcelain figure of a hurdy-gurdy player, factory mark, and a German porcelain figure of a violinist, factory mark. 10 pieces

The keyboardist with four toes lacking on is lower right foot. The guitarist, the head of the instrument lacking. The recorder player, the lower part of the instrument loose and separate. The sheet rest of the music stand re-stuck. The German porcelain figure of a violinist, the head of the instrument lacking.
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