A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN ALLEGORICAL GROUPS

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN ALLEGORICAL GROUPS
CIRCA 1755-60, THE MOUNTS LOUIS XVI, CIRCA 1785
The upper parts of each with two figures on clouds, one group with Antonia and Chronos emblematic of Spring and Winter, Antonia holding a posy and Chronos supporting an oval plaque with a winter sledging scene, the other group with Bacchus and Diana emblematic of Summer and Autumn flanking a plaque with figures in a garden, with Cupid to the reverse, on elaborate waisted socles reserved with panels, one with a winter skating scene, the other with figures fishing by a river, damages and repairs, on an associated eared spreading stepped oval base decorated with garlands and stiff-leaf, the base originally with further plinth
15½ in. (41 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 7 in (18 cm.) deep (2)