porcelain, enamel paint, gilding;
cupid - Spring: two minor chipping of wings, chipping of fence and hen wing;
cupid-Autumn: chipping of one wing;
H: 20.5 cm, bases: oval 12.5 x 9 cm;
Signed (both figures) on underside in cobalt under-glaze: horizontal arrow with arrowhead to left, dot with radial circle of dashes in center and aileron of 4 bipartite feathers.
Germany, Thuringia, Volkstedt, Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik Triebner, Ens & Co.?, 19th/20th century.
On low oval bases with gilded link motif - figures of winged, half-naked cupids with banded draperies, standing by a plank fence leaning against a low bough, with a basket beside them: 1) allegory of Spring - with a basket of flowers raised overhead; 2) allegory of Autumn - with a basket of grapes supported on the shoulder.
Figures in the style of Meissen plastic, which was imitated in the Triebner, Ens & Co. factory, signatures b. similar to the brand of this factory.
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