Beautiful Vintage Meissen Sitzendorf Porcelain Frog Figurine Playing Drums Nice

Description

This auction is for a very beautiful and rare whimsical Meissen porcelain figurine of a Colonial English or French dressed frog playing drums as shown in the pictures taken with and without flash. I have since been told that this item might be Sitzendorf and The frog is missing its mallets (thank you for the information).  The overall condition for its age is nice, with no major chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. I believe the only issue with this piece is that there were tiny porcelain drumsticks that were attached to the finger openings playing the actual drums which are no longer there. There is only some small glue or old paste residue in that area which is not easy to see unless you look up close. The colors and design work of this piece are just fantastic as it would look great in anyone’s fine porcelain or Meissen collection. The bottom is marked with the Meissen blue mark with some other numbers and lettering as shown. The figurine measures slightly over 4 1/2 inches tall by a little over 4 1/4 inches long across drum set by between 3 1/2 and 3 and three-quarter inches wide. Please review all pictures carefully as they constitute part of the description. The wonderful colors of course include green, yellow, white, brown, pink and rust/orange brown.
Due to the amount of increasing claims going unpaid- I will now be forwarding the upaid item cases to Ebay within 2 days after auction end and yes it is allowed!!  For those of you who pay on time don't take this personally. Contact me if you know you will have a reason to delay payment.  No buyers from S. Korea or Brazil please- too many people not paying or following through with the transactions.
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