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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 362976, member: 56"]I can't quite tell what they're doing. Dumping a container of water? Doesn't look like they're holding a jug. Imagery like that is associated with river gods. It's certainly in 18th C taste, but that's not necessarily an indication of when it was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lead was/is used for garden statuary (hardly a hard and fast rule) but that doesn't look like it has spent any time outdoors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 362976, member: 56"]I can't quite tell what they're doing. Dumping a container of water? Doesn't look like they're holding a jug. Imagery like that is associated with river gods. It's certainly in 18th C taste, but that's not necessarily an indication of when it was made. Lead was/is used for garden statuary (hardly a hard and fast rule) but that doesn't look like it has spent any time outdoors.[/QUOTE]
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