A PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER POLYCHROM...

Estimate

£400 - £600

A PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER POLYCHROME-PATINATED TERRACOTTA ORIENTALIST BUSTS BY FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER, the female bust inscribed 926/XXI BELOW the Goldscheider cachet, the male bust inscribed 925/V above the Goldscheider cachet, height 47cm approx., together with one square oak and baize covered plinth (3) (Condition report: the female bust has a chip to the edge of the cape on the lefty hand side, there is a crack to the inside of the base but it does not seem to go through the body, the male bust has a large chip to the front of the cape at the right hand side and a smaller chip under the front corner of the cape on the left hand side, to the interior of the base there are two cracks/ firing faults that have had some repair internally and perhaps some gilding externally, both are generally a bit dust with slight rubbing to glazes in places)