FOUR LIMBACH FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS, each modelled as a gallant, Spring in a long puce jacket and breeches and white braided waistcoat holding a posy and standing beside a tub of flowers, Summer in a long purple coat and purple-striped waistcoat and breeches holding a black hat and ears of corn, standing astride a sheaf of corn, Autumn in a long orange coat and breeches and blue-striped waistcoat, holding a bunch of grapes and standing beside a basket of grapes, Winter in a fur hat and muff, fur-lined iron-red coat, puce-striped pink waistcoat and breeches and long black boots, standing with one hand in a muff, on mound bases (Spring with left arm repaired at elbow and slight chips to flowers and foliage, Summer with restoration to neck, nose and his left thumb, Autumn with his right thumb lacking, slight restoration to tips of right fingers and back of hat, graze to his left hand, Winter with restoration to neck), two with puce and one with sepia crossed L marks, circa 1775

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FOUR LIMBACH FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS, each modelled as a gallant, Spring in a long puce jacket and breeches and white braided waistcoat holding a posy and standing beside a tub of flowers, Summer in a long purple coat and purple-striped waistcoat and breeches holding a black hat and ears of corn, standing astride a sheaf of corn, Autumn in a long orange coat and breeches and blue-striped waistcoat, holding a bunch of grapes and standing beside a basket of grapes, Winter in a fur hat and muff, fur-lined iron-red coat, puce-striped pink waistcoat and breeches and long black boots, standing with one hand in a muff, on mound bases (Spring with left arm repaired at elbow and slight chips to flowers and foliage, Summer with restoration to neck, nose and his left thumb, Autumn with his right thumb lacking, slight restoration to tips of right fingers and back of hat, graze to his left hand, Winter with restoration to neck), two with puce and one with sepia crossed L marks, circa 1775
15.5cm. - 17cm. high (4)

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Cf. Helmut Scherf, op. cit., no. 232 for Autumn and ibid., no. 234 for Summer

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