- 19
A pair of Meissen allegorical figures of 'Autumn' and 'Winter' circa 1755
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue
- 22.5cm., 8 7/8 in.
modelled by F.E. Meyer, 'Autumn' as a Bacchanalian youth holding a goblet and grapes, clad in a robe decorated with indianische Blumen, with a hare hung fron the strap, and leaning on a gilt-edged rococo urn encrusted with fruiting vines, 'Winter' as a bearded man with a fur-lined purple cloak painted with purple and blue flower sprigs, a goblet and bottle by a small fire on a pedestal to his side, from which grows a branch at the rear, a brazier at his feet, the high scroll-moulded bases edged in gilding
Catalogue Note
Another example of 'Winter' is published by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, no.991, where it is attributed to Friedrich Elias Meyer.