A pair of patinated bronze busts of Voltaire and Diderot 19th century

Marble bases with some very minor small chips to edges. Diderot with rubbing especially to high points such as eyebrows, nose, and chin; surface dirt. Voltaire also with rubbing and surface dirt as well as a scratch to the nose with a subsequent loss to patina and wax at neck possibly filling in a firing tear.
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