Continental porcelain including Meissen and Dresden

European Ceramics comprising a deep Meissen cabinet cup saucer, 19th century, dark blue ground, painted with a circular panel of figures conversing in woodland, painted blue crossed swords and impressed numeral '75', gilt lined foot rim, 14.6cm diameter; A Meissen chamberstick, painted in underglaze blue and heightened with over-glaze gilt and iron red, painted mark, 6cm high; a Helena Wolfsohn 'Augustus Rex' cup and saucer, yellow and white panels, a similar Dresden twin-handled chocolate cup and saucer; Dresden miniature chamberstick, an 'Oldest Volkstedt Porcelain Factory' figure, circa 1915-36, modelled as an elderly peasant lady, 16cm high; pair of smaller Continental figures of a young girl playing the mandolin and a boy playing the flute, 11cm high; a Continental model of a blue and gilt parrot seated on a branch, spurious gold anchor mark, 18cm high; a Dresden model of a girl with a flower garland and lamb, 13.5cm high; and a French figural group, Meissen-style markings, 21cm high

Condition Report

Dresden chocolate cup and saucer - Gilding heavily worn. Cup chipped to rim.
Mandolin figure - neck of instrument broken, chips to the rear of her bonnet. Base repaired. Head broken and re-attached.
Parrot - chip to one rear tail feather.
Figural group - Standing male's head broken and re-attached. Small nibbles around base.

No further damages.

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