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Winged figure of Polyhymnia; porcelain; enamelled in lilac, blue, green, reddish brown, chocolate and black; Muse crowned laurel wreath, seated on dolphin (?) pointing to pillar beside her; trophy of arms; gilded over brown on helmet, pillar, trophy and sword; lower half of figure hollow; thickly press-moulded and glazed; inscription incised faintly on pillar; hollow interior at back; two marks: incised capital under glaze, cross painted in blue, diagonally over glaze.
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