Rococo Style Gardener Group by Kaendler for Meissen, 1900s

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Elaborately crafted porcelain group: a young gardener and three boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural rococo robes with fine decorations, … Read more Elaborately crafted porcelain group: a young gardener and three boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, underneath the young woman catching them in her held up apron, a boy collecting fruits in his hat, the third sitting against the tree trunk and cutting open an apple with a small knife. On a round meadow base. Designer: johann joachim kändler (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as hepherd figurines, comedian's children, gardener children (with acier), paris town criers (with reinicke and meyer), gallant figurines, etc. Design of the model in 1753 manufactory: meissen germany dating: 20th century material: white porcelain, glossy finish technique: handmade and finest hand painting size: height: 29,0 cm / 11.41 in diameter: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in marks: blue meissen crossed sword mark, pommels on hilts / first quality model no. 73211 (old: 1998) / former's no. 129 / painter's no. Xvi bibliography: thomas & sabine bergmann, meissener figuren, erlangen germany 2017, model numbers 1 - 3000, catalogue number 1184 on page 91. Condition: very good c this piece has an attribution mark,
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