#490

Five German Bisque Figural Match Holders
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3 1/2" (9 cm.) -6". Each is all-bisque figural design with open top attached basket of base designed to hold wooden matches, toothpicks, or even little bouquets of flowers. Including seated child with amusing clown cap, cameo necklace, and padded cushion; boy posed as running about to toss the ball he holds in his hand, sleeping child in a meadow, and three chickens playfully posed outside their egg-shaped house; and with wall-hanging plaque designed as a window from which a little girl leans out as she holds a basket. Generally excellent. Germany, circa 1890.