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Modelled with a lady standing supporting a birdcage on her head, the young child on a chair reaching for the birdcage, another lady behind him
61⁄2 in. (16.6 cm.) high
Literature
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Meissen, Augsburg, 1997, p.108, fig.31.
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This group is one of a series modelled after engravings by Jean-Joseph Balechou 'Les Délices de l'Enfance', after designs by François Boucher circa 1744.

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