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Allegories of the Seasons, depicted on a gracefully curved pedestal, are busts of girls and boys representing Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The adorned head is adorned with a plastic overlay of lily of the valley and grapevine wreaths, or covered with a summery hat embellished with flowers and ears of grain, as well as a scarf with sprigs of fir. Possibly by Heinrich Schwabe, 1876-1877. Polychrome painting with gold staffage. Model numbers K 175, K 176, K 177, K 178. Partially restored and with some insignificant damage. Sword mark. Height 25 cm - 27 cm. See catalog of the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen, page 27. A complete series of four porcelain busts of a child as an allegory of the seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Partly restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 2nd half of the 19th century.