bzw. "The Marital Bliss". Oval base with pipe staff border. Seated on a Louis XVI bench, an embracing couple of parents in elegant, colorfully patterned Rococo clothing, proudly gazing at the infant lying in the mother's lap. Standing behind them, a tall older brother blowing soap bubbles with a pipe. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Possibly by Michel Victor Acier, 1775. Model number E 81. Some minor restorations; sword mark. Height 24 cm. See P. von Spee, "Classical Porcelain Sculpture of the Meissen Manufactory" (dissertation), Bonn, 2004, catalog number 43, page 241. Inspired by the engraving "La Paix du ménage" by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (1741-1814). Provenance: From the estate of a significant North German private collection. An early 20th-century porcelain figure group of a family, titled "The Pleasures of Marriage". Insignificantly restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Early 20th century.