A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PUTTO EMBLEMATIC OF AIR, after the model by J. J. Kändler, standing beside a large birdcage scantily clad in a pink drape secured with a lilac and gilt sash, his hair upswept by the wind and with a bird perched on his right hand, leaning forward as he places another bird in the door of the cage, with a pair of bellows at his feet, on a shaped-oval base modelled with a tree-stump and edged with gilt scrolls (chip to leaves and branches and to one bird's beak, one handle of bellows lacking), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 162, incised C99, painted number 67, circa 1880 5in. (12.8cm.) high