A Meissen allegorical figure of Ceres as 'Earth', circa 1750-55
Probably modelled by Friedrich Elias Meyer, Ceres wearing a draping white gown and a yellow and pink cloak, holding tools in her right arm and a flaming torch in her left, a cornucopia to her left and a dragon curled around her legs, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork, 15.2cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base (some restoration)