CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT THE BACK AND INCISED 80. TO BASE

Cf. R.J. Charleston, The James A. Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Meissen and other European Porcelain, London, 1971, fig. 39 for other examples of putti with shields and a note that 'Children, quite small, with little shields' are mentioned in the Preiss-Courante von Ordinairen Porcellainen records of 1765; see also, George Savage, 18th Century German Porcelain, London, 1958, pl. 61 for a Temple of Love, modelled by Kaendler in 1774 for Catherine the Great that has small putti holding shields at the bases of the columns, and p. 86 for mention of a Temple of Honour (Ehrenpforte) of 127 pieces for Augustus III and another of 264 pieces made for Count von Brühl.