porcelain, 6 pieces: PAINTING, 3 putti with easel, seated Cupid holding a palette and painting a portrait, in the background Cupid with portfolio, leaning on the easel and watching, with paint box and cloth below, height 19.5 cm, model no. 5, former no. 85, red painter no. 49; SCULPTURE, 3 putti with sculptures, central pedestal with a female bust, tools, standing Cupid with chisel and hammer, seated Cupid drawing the sculpture, on the right a Cupid holding a Belvedere torso, height 21 cm, minor restorations, model no. 4, former no. 6, gilder no. 67; POETRY, 3 putti with obelisk, central obelisk with gilt sphere, laurel wreath and light purple band, the base with a medallion containing the portrait of a lady, on the side Cupid as Apollo with a laurel wreath in the hair and a lyre in the left hand, a seated Cupid holding an open book in the left hand, bearing the inscription: “Historie de Russie sous le regne de Catharina II. Alexiewna la Grande”, writing with the right hand, in the background a flying amorette with trumpet, height 30 cm, length 20 cm, small restorations, model no. 11, former no. 110, black painter no. 62; GEOMETRY, 3 children with a globe, seated amorette holding a globe and golden compass, next to her Cupid with compass in the right hand, at his feet a square and ruler, Cupid holding an open book in the right hand and a magnifying glass in the left hand, height 18 cm, length 19 cm, small restorations, model no. 51, former no. 31, red painter no. 60; ARITHMETIC, 3 putti counting, Cupid seated with a quill and open book on its knees, the left hand reaching for the forehead as a sign of hard thinking, writing set with ink pot, pen, and tray, in the foreground Cupid sitting on a book, counting on his fingers, in the background a standing amorette holding a scroll in the left hand and checking the lines, height 21 cm, length 21 cm, small restorations, on the side a short firing crack, model no. 12, former no. 76, red painter no. 17, ARCHITECTURE, 3 putti with an architrave of a temple, in the centre a putto measuring the architrave, in the foreground a putto with construction plan in his hands, on the side a kneeling putto with a spirit level, height 21 cm, length 20 cm, small restorations, model no. 6, former no. 72, painter no. 56
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, second half of the 19th century, model by Michel Victor Acier c. 1774 (Ru)

Lit.:
Meißen für die Zaren, Dresden 2004, p. 125, ill. 189, from the Service Commissioned by Czarina Catherine II for Oranienbaum;
Bergmann Series - Animals, pp. 127-133;