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Allegories of the seasons, depicted on an elegantly curved pedestal, are represented by busts of girls and boys embodying Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The heads are decorated with plastic appliqués of lily-of-the-valley and grapevine wreaths, or topped with a summer hat adorned with flowers and ears of grain, as well as a scarf with spruce twigs. Possibly attributed to Heinrich Schwabe, 1876-1877. Polychrome painting with gilded staffage. Model numbers K 175, K 176, K 177, K 178. Partially restored and exhibit minor damages. Marked with crossed swords. Height 25 cm - 27 cm. See the catalog of the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen, page 27. Complete series of four porcelain busts of children as allegories of the seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Partially restored. Crossed swords marks. Meissen. Second half of the 19th century.