#393

Five German Porcelain Trinket Boxes Depicting Baby in Basket or Bunting
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$650
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Description
5" (13 cm.) -8", Each is of thick soft paste or fine porcelain, each depicting a baby or smal child with elaborate detail of costuming and bed fittings; two are curly-haired youngsters seated upright in a woven baby bed, holding toy trumpet in hand and with a Polichinelle toy at its feet; two portray babies with ruffled bonnets, holding rattles, and ensconced in ribbon-tied bunting laid in ruffle-edged bed; the fifth portrays a pair of babies wrapped in a single blue ribbon-tied bunting and lying on a ruffled pillow and blanket. The top removes on each for access to the trinket box interior. Excellent condition. Germany, mid-1800s.