Two Meissen groups of putti emblematic of the Seasons, 19th centuryEach modelled in the round, one depicting Winter wearing a fur-lined cloak with his hands held over a brazier and Spring with a basked of flowers around the neck holding flowers in each hand, the other with Summer sitting on wheat sheafs with a bird perched on one hand and Autumn feeding a bunch of grapes to a goat, on rockwork bases moulded with rocailles, 25.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers 1239 and 1230, painters' numbers and impressed numerals (minor chips and some restoration) (2)