Meissen "The Night, Little"

Meissen "The Night, Little"
designed by Heinrich Schwabe 1877-1880, underglaze blue knob sword mark 1934-1945, 1st choice, incised model number L135b, embossed number 111, brush number 20.naturalistic form with polychrome painting on glaze and gold staffage, on octagonal base with golden spherical segment an apparently floating putto with star-shaped diadem and rich drapery and an owl sitting on a tree stump as support, expertly restored, h 34 cm. Source: Bergmann, Meissener Künstler-Figuren, Volume I, p. 80, Fig. 145.