#361

Four Rare German Porcelain Figures Known as
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Description
4" (10 cm.) largest. Each is a one-piece porcelain figure depicting a person with his or her arms laden with a bounty of little children or babies,including woman in coiffe and traditional costume with two restless children,two jesters with fanciful costumes holding little babies,and an aged man with bear holding a pair of twin tauflings. Excellent condition. Germany,circa 1880,the figures,known as "kinder-bringen" were traditionally gifted to young married couples,suggesting hope for their families to be.