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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 30520, member: 56&quot;]After “Babes in the Woods” (1846) by John Bell</p><p><a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/21903369_english-minton-parian-porcelain-babes-in-the-woods" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/21903369_english-minton-parian-porcelain-babes-in-the-woods" rel="nofollow">http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/21903369_english-minton-parian-porcelain-babes-in-the-woods</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the original marble is at Norwich castle, but note that those figures are reversed and the position of the upward bent leg is slightly different.</p><p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Collections_at_Norwich_Castle_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Collections_at_Norwich_Castle_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Collections_at_Norwich_Castle_Museum_and_Art_Gallery</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I did see an engraving of this online that looks like the figurine, which, if used as a source, might account for the differences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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