Allegories of “Day” and “Night”, Meissen

porcelain, allegorical representations, the “day” boy with golden rays of sun in his hair, in his right a torch, in his left water lilies, on the side a sunflower and a singing bird, the “night” girl with dark blue shawl, headband with gold and silver stars, holding a poppy in her right hand, on the left side an owl, both standing on a gold hemisphere with octagonal base and gilt edges, height 17.5 cm, 17 cm, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, second half of the 19th century, model no. 105, 106, former no. 121, 107, red painter no. 40, black painter no. 31, model by Heinrich Schwabe 1877-1880 (Ru)