A MEISSEN GROUP OF FOUR PUTTI ALLEGORICAL OF SPRING, the playful young figures scantily clad in flowered and spotted drapes, one seated on a rectangular column holding aloft a flower-garland, the others seated and standing around him clasping flowers taken from a wicker basket, on a shaped base moulded with white and gilt scrolls (minute chips to flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords mark, incised 2502, painted number 17, circa 1880