“The 4 Seasons” - Allegorical Representations, Meissen

porcelain, underglaze blue and gilt, Spring: seated girl holding a flower garland in her hands over a bird’s nest, below a closed birdcage, the boy standing next to her in meditative pose, oval base with flower basket on the side, flowers and leaves, gilt edges and foliate frieze, height 14.5 cm, model G 91, former no. 51, second half of the 19th century, Summer: standing girl wearing a hat with feathers, a flower garland around her body and playing mandolin, beside her a boy sitting on bundles of grain and embracing her, holding a sickle in his left hand, oval stone base with gilt edges and foliate frieze, height 16 cm, model G 92, second half of the 19th century, former no. 31, painter no. 69, Autumn: girl sitting on a billy goat and feeding it with grapes on a leaf branch, in front of it a melon, the boy standing to the side playing the flute, behind it his pannier, oval stone base with gilt edges and foliate frieze, height 15.5 cm, model G 93, former no. 120, painter no. 69, Winter: boy sitting on a sledge with firewood, carrying a fur cap and hoe in the right hand, the standing girl warming her hands over the fire, on the base a hoe and firewood, oval stone base with gilt edges and foliate frieze, height 14 cm, model G 94, form no. 31, painter no. 69, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, second half of the 19th century, model by Johann Carl Schönheit 1782, minor restoration (Ru)