Lot Essay
Cf. O. Folnesics and W. Braun, Wiener Porzellan (Vienna 1907), pl. XL/2
CIRCA 1765, BLUE SHIELD MARK
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A Vienna group emblematic of Spring from a set of the seasons
Circa 1765, blue shield mark
Modelled as two lovers embracing, her apron filled with gathered flowers, standing beside a seated girl with a flowering branch in her lap, before rockwork surmounted by a flowerpot issuing foliage, on a shaped oval naturally-coloured base applied with flowers and edged with gilt-scrolls (damages to extremities)
9½in. (24cm.) high
Circa 1765, blue shield mark
Modelled as two lovers embracing, her apron filled with gathered flowers, standing beside a seated girl with a flowering branch in her lap, before rockwork surmounted by a flowerpot issuing foliage, on a shaped oval naturally-coloured base applied with flowers and edged with gilt-scrolls (damages to extremities)
9½in. (24cm.) high