German, probably 19th century, including allegories of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing, after models by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, crossed swords maker's mark and incised model numbers to base, largest 11-1/8 x 7 x 5-1/4 in.
Provenance: Collection of Steve Stewart, Lake Lure, North Carolina
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Collection of Steve Stewart, Lake Lure, North Carolina
good overall condition, some wear commensurate with age and use; sight with firing cracks as made, one notably to neck, restoration to spyglass and beak of eagle; smell with break and loss to handle of censer, some loss to roses; touch with repair and restoration to hand, lobster, and wrestling putti; taste with firing crack as made, monkey with areas of repair and retouch (see blacklight photos), child with small break and loss to spoon; hearing with repair and restoration to neck of lute and proper left hand, cloak, and stag's antlers
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