Two Meissen groups of children emblematic of Autumn, 19th century, one outside-decorated
After the 18th century model by J.C. Sch?nheit, each with a girl seated on a goat and holding a vine with grapes and a boy playing an oboe, the oval bases moulded with a classical frieze, 15.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (first) and crossed swords mark with one cancellation mark in blue (second), incised model numbers G.93, impressed numerals (chips to both, the second with boy restuck) (2)
注脚
These groups belong to a series of the four seasons which were first modelled by Sch?nheit January to June 1782; see Clarke 1988, nos. 102-105, p.38 and S. & T. Bergmann, Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A1 - Z99 (2014), nos. 241-244.