20 items: a boy with a flute and a girl with a bunch of grapes, Height: 14 cm, 13 cm, small restorations, model no. 1,1x, former no. 104, 100, gilt painter no. 38, red 20, a boy with a spade and a girl with a basket of flowers and apron, Height: 14,5 cm, 14 cm, model no. 2, 2x, former no. 117, 119, red painter no. 22, a boy with a scythe and a girl with a flowers in her headscarf and in her apron, Height: 13 cm, 14,5 cm, hat brim slightly restored, 1 leaf with minimal chips, model no. 3, 3x, former no. 104, 100, a bow with a basket of flowers on a stick in the left hand and a girl holding a sickle and a basket of flowers, Height: 15 cm, 14 cm, model no. 4, 4x, former no. 117, 29, red painter no. 7, 80, a boy holding a basket of flowers with a girl, Height: 12,5 cm, 13,5 cm, model no. 60308, 60303, former no. 29, 21, painter no. 54, a boy with grapes and a spade, and a girl with a hoe and bunch of grapes, Height: 14 cm, 13,5 cm, handle terminal, grape leaf with minimal restoration, model no. 13, 13x, former no. 22, 143, red and blue painter no. 11, a boy with a watering can and a girl with a basket of flowers, small restorations, Height: 13 cm, 14 cm, model no. 18, 18x, former no. 50, a boy with a bouquets of flowers in the right hand and hat in the left hand and a girl holding a basket of flowers and the tip of the apron, Height: 13,5 cm, 13 cm, model no. 19, 19x, former no. 149, 148, gilt painter no. 1, a boy holding shepherd’s staff in the right hand and a girl holding a basket of flowers and the tip of the apron, taking a few dancing steps, model no. 20, 20x, former no. 106, a seated boy with a bunch of grapes and hoe and a seated girl holding a bird in the left hand, Height: 11,5 cm, 11,5 cm, model no. 30, 30x, former no. 92, 119, red painter no. 29, porcelain, polychrome and gilt, rocaille base heightened with gilt and encrusted with flowers, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords 1950–1970, model by J. J. Kändler ca. 1740 (Ru)

Lit.: VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, sheet 1–5, How seriously the 18th century took the J. J. Rousseau’s admonition to go “Back to Nature!” also becomes evident in the period’s Meissen porcelain production and the large number of rustic scenes, in particular gardener figures. From 1750 onward, Johann Joachim Kändler and his co-workers modelled an increasing number of gardener figures, most of them paired children later arranged into entire series of child gardeners and vintners.