A pair of german painted flower encrusted porcelain small torchères possibly Wallendorf, circa 1900

the underside of each leg with marked with crossed swords beneath a six pointed star in underglaze blue.  Extensive restorations.

Each porcelain top with extensive scratches; The tripod support with losses and chips to all petals of incrusted flower-heads. One torchere with the gadrooned neck restored, the base of the stem restored with visible overpainting. Repaired break to one putto with visible cracks and in-painting. The other two putti with restored breaks to arms and legs with in-painting. Two feet broken and repaired with in-painting. Loss of one bud finial to the underside of one torchere. The other with losses to two leaves of one flower head and with loss of one leaf to the other flower head. One putto with restored break to feet. The second putto with restored break to one arm and to the feet. The third putto with restored breaks to the body including the arms and legs with extensive in-painting. Tip of one foot of the base restored.
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