Büste der Prinzessin Marie Zéphirine de Bourbon / A bust of the princess of Bourbon, J.J. Kaendler, Wien, 1851 Material: porcelain, white, glazed, Mark: pressed-in bandage label with date '851', Model no.: 1615, Design: Johann Joachim Kaendler for Meissen, around 1753, Depiction: Princess Marie Zéphirine de Bourbon (1750-1755), Height: 14 cm, Condition: good, leaves slightly worn, no restorations, Comment: The princess and her brother Prince Louis Joseph Xavier de Bourbon (1751-1761) were the offspring of the marriage between Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon (1729-1765) and Maria Josepha of Saxony (1731-1767). Both died in childhood.

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