1 2 - t l g . ; On a rocaille-reliefed pedestal stand or sit musicians and singers in courtly Rococo attire. Conductor, violinist, lutenist, bagpiper, bassoonist, flutist, cellist, trumpeter, harpist, 2 female singers, singers. On a rocaille-reliefed pedestal stand or sit musicians and singers in Rococo attire. Polychrome painting with gold staffage. Either Friedrich Elias Meyer and Johann Joachim Kaendler, around 1754/55. Partially restored; crossed swords mark. H. 13 cm - 16 cm. Represented in a graceful posture with elegant courtly attire, these models depict instrumentalists and vocalists from a series comprising a total of sixteen figures. Thematically comparable, the nearly contemporaneous Meissen porcelain series include the famous Monkey Orchestra and the Girls' Orchestra. See Pietzsch, Triumph of the Blue Swords, figs. 444f; Catalogue of the State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen, Figures I, No. 5. A collection of twelve porcelain musician figures from the series "Gallant Orchestra". Partly restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 20th century.