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Property of an Important European CollectionA collection of nine Höchst porcelain figures and groupsCirca 1770 mostly modelled by J.P. Melchior, comprising: a figure of Venus before a draped tree trunk, a figure of a girl with a basket, a figure of a youth training a beaver with a pole, a group of a youth and companion fighting, a figure of a vintner, a figure of a youth with a flower-pot, a figure of a youth before a tree stump modelled by Laurentius Russinger a small chinoiserie figure of a girl and a later figure of a youth with a tubthe first figure 19 cm., 7½ in. high9 To view Shipping Calculator, please click here.Condition ReportVenus, 19 cm. high, blue wheel mark, incised MS, minute chipping to edge of base. Girl with basket,17.5 cm. high, blue crowned wheel mark, incised JR, minute chipping to edge of base Youth with beaver and stick, 15 cm. high, blue wheel mark, chipping to edge of base and edge of tricorn hat Boy and girl fighting, 13 cm. high, , blue wheel mark, incised 51 above a dash, generally in good order but hse has a firing crack to her skirt. Vintner, 15 cm. high, faint blue wheel mark, incised N54M6/N, minor chipping to the edge of base and several small patches of crazing and staining to the jacket Youth with flower-pot, 15.5 cm. high, blue wheel mar, incised L/N81M54, small chip to brim of hat. Yout before tree stump, 14 cm. high, blue wheel mark, incised N150, chipping to front of base, flap of jacket and sleev and a firing crack to nose. Chinoiserie girl, 11 cm. high, blue wheel mark, incised pB164R, small chip to base, retouched with pencil Yout with tup, probably 19th century, minute chip to base Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The