Meissen Tall Figurines Cupid in Dire Straits by C. G. Juechtzer, circa 1870

Meissen gorgeous figurine group of stunning appearance. There are six gardeners - flanked by a tall tree - visible. MANUFACTORY:  MEISSEN (M939) DATING: THIRD QUARTER OF 19TH...

Meissen gorgeous figurine group of stunning appearance: There are four gardener children of most lovely appearance visible. Manufactory: Meissen. Dating: Third quarter of 19th century / made circa 1870. Blue Meissen sword mark with pommels on hilts. First quality. Material: white porcelain, glossy finish, finest painting. Technique: Handmade porcelain.   Designer: Johann Joachim Kaendler / designed and modelled circa 1767    / he was chief sculptor at Meissen manufactory from 1742 - 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer), Gallant Figurines, etc. Specifications: Subject: Gardener children figurines...

Meissen Rare Item: Candlestick with Gardener Figurines Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark with Pommels on Hilts Model Number R 185 Former's Number 13 Painter's Number 83 FIRST QUALITY Dating: made circa 1870 Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted Technique: handmade porcelain Style: Rococo (made third quarter of 19th century) DETAILED DESCRIPTION: MEISSEN FINEST FIGURINES' GROUP HAVING FUNCTION OF CANDLESTICK (= THIS MEISSEN ITEM IS EXTREMELY RARE !). -- the Children / Gardener Figurines - boy and girl clad in bucolic Rococo garments - gather around a table which seems to grow out from Rocaille base: A pot / lidded jar has been put on table against which the boy is leaning, being busy with smoking a pipe ... A lovely girl with yellow hat is watching him, holding a jug and balancing a hoe on her left shoulder (a hoe is a tool used for gardening). There are a romantic ruin as well as a small leafy tree visible behind the figurines, looking like a theatre backdrop...

Meissen gorgeous figurine group: Cherubs as Wine Growers The details are stunningly sculptured = finest modelling! Design: Michel Victor Acier (1736-1799) / model C 60 created 1...

Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870, SUPREME A Meissen porcelain figure from the Love Series: Cupid Mailing...

Early Meissen figurine of a bacchant eating from a grapes, as an allegory of autumn. Model by Joachim Kaendler. unmarked, ca 1740-60.

A FIne Meissen Porcelain Monkey Musician Figurine of superb quality. This unusual Monkey figurine is playing the Obo musical instrument dresse...

A fine Meissen porcelain figurine or miniature. By Peter Strang. Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy...