January 2, 2012

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 1966

Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory

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Artist or Author: Meissner and Buch, Leipzig

Creation Year: 1900

Height: 5 1/2 inches

Width: 3 1/2 inches

Summay:

Five children, four flying kites, one holding a balloon. Boy and Girl in foreground, flying arch-top or diamond kites. Girl in foreground is falling and losing her kite.
Margin reads, "Meissner and Buch, Leipzig Kunstlerpostkarten Serie 1002 Gesetzl. geschutzt."
Printed with yellow and green-grey

Geographic: Germany

Kite Type: Flat

Significance: Art, Cultural, Historical

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