Title: 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines – Set of the Four Seasons
Description: 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines – The Four Seasons
A fine 19th-century set of Meissen porcelain figurines representing the Four Seasons, after mid-18th century models by Friedrich Elias Meyer.
Each figure is beautifully hand-painted and stands on a scroll-moulded base with gilt accents, depicting the classical attributes of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Spring is shown as a maiden holding a garland of flowers; Summer carries a wheatsheaf and sickle; Autumn takes the form of a Bacchanalian youth with grapes and a goblet; and Winter is a bearded man cloaked in fur, warming beside a flaming urn.
Each piece bears the underglaze blue crossed swords mark of the Meissen factory, along with impressed model numbers and painter’s marks to the base.
Dimensions: Heights range from 19 cm to 20.5 cm (7 1/2 in to 8 in)
Condition: Good condition overall.
Some restoration and minor losses as follows: Spring with restoration to the garland and one arm; Summer with repair to the left-hand thumb and small loss to the wheat; Autumn with restoration to the right foot and chips to the laurel; Winter in very good condition with only a small rub to the paint on one finger.
No structural breaks.
Colour and gilding well preserved.
Condition: Used
Location
Category: Antiques"