Eight Piece Porcelain Frog Orchestra. Six frogs playing: wind instruments and drum, plus a frog oboist and bassoonist possibly from a later mold, or competing factory. All dressed as 18th Century instrumentalists, including wigs, vest, pantaloons, etc. Their heads, legs, feet, and hands modeled and painted realistically as frogs.  Six with underglaze cobalt blue parallel lines with strike, and incised letters to base undersides, to indicate which "position" the frog plays. The remaining two probably Eastern French, or also German, marked with black enamel 60 over glaze to base undersides. Germany or France. Circa 1890 - 1900. {Approximate dimensions: 4 7/8" high - 5 1/2" high.}. 

Drum broken off of figure but available, drum previously broken and reglued. Trombone lost, absent, but the wire armature remains; thumb and fingertip loss, left hand. Three figures with losses to wind instruments. Gilt losses to wind instruments. Bases with a few small nicks to edges, some hairline cracks to base undersides. Minor wear throughout. Please contact the Furniture and Decorative Arts Department for further details on this lot.