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Lot 196

A set of four Meissen groups of children emblematic of the Seasons, late 19th century

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A set of four Meissen groups of children emblematic of the Seasons, late 19th century

After the 18th century models by J.C. Schönheit, Spring with a boy and a girl holding a flower garland, Summer with a girl playing a lute and a seated boy with a sickle, Autumn with a girl seated on a goat and holding a vine with grapes and a boy playing an oboe, Winter with a boy on a sledge and a girl warming her hands over hot coals, on oval moulded bases, 15.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers G.91, G.92, G.93 and G.94, various impressed numerals (minor restoration) (4)

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The figures were first modelled by Schönheit January to June 1782; see Clarke 1988, no. 102-105, p.38 and S. & T. Bergmann, Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A1 - Z99 (2014), nos. 241-244.

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