A pair of large French Vion & Baury tinted bisque porcelain figures
late 19th century
modelled of a man and woman in eighteenth-century dress, raised 'VB' lilac pad mark, 67cm high
(damages, restorations)

Condition Report
Female- head and face badly broken and restored. Firing cracks to base.

Male - two bird's wings damaged. Chip to one coat pocket.

General yellow staining and some nicotine staining throughout to both figures.

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