A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING, circa 1880, after the model by J.C. Schönheit as a young boy and girl, he standing peering at a bird in a nest upon a bird cage resting upon a tree stump, she seated beside him holding a garland of flowers, a basket of flowers by her feet, raised on an oval mound base moulded with a stiff leaf border, 14cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model no. G91 FOOTNOTES: The original model by Schonheit was completed in February 1782. See T.H. Clarke, ‘Marcolini Meissen Figures Engraved by Friedrick Elasser 1785-1792’ (1988), cat.102.