porcelain, polychromed and gilt, 16 items, JE LES UNIS=ICH VEREINIGE SIE (I unite the) Cupid wearing a rose wreath tying 2 flaming hearts with blue bow, JE LES BALANCE=ICH BRINGE SIE INS GLEIGEWICHT (I balance them) Cupid with 2 hearts, JE LES COURONNE (I crown them) Cupid with rose wreath above 2 flaming hearts atop a sacrificial, JE LES ENFLAMME=ICH ENTFLAMME SIE (I inflame them) Cupid with torch and 2 burning hearts, JE LES RENDS LEGERS=ICH MACHE SIE LEICHT (I make them light) Cupid with bowl in the right hand and blow pipe in the left hand, JE LES PUNIS=ICH STRAFE SIE (I punish them) Cupid with hammer and burning heart, LES DE VAINCRE, JE ME REPOSE=DES SIEGENS MÜDE, RUHE ICH MICH AUS (Tired of winning, I take a rest) Cupid sleeping, his quiver and bow put aside, UN ME SUFFIT=EINES GENÜGT MIR (One is enough for me) an amorette with a heart in the right hand, JE LES ACCOUPLE=ICH VERKUPPEL SIE (I pair them up) Cupid tying burning hearts with da band, COUP SUR CPUP=SCHLAG AUF SCHLAG (Blow upon blow) Cupid shooting an arrow at 1 heart, JE PRENDS MON ESSOR=ICH SCHWINGE MICH AUF (I take wing) Cupid reaching for a winged heart atop clouds, JE LES RAMÉNE=ICH BRINGE SIE ZURÜCK (I bring them back) Cupid with rose garlands, JE DÉCOUVRE TOUT=ICH ENTDECKE ALLES (I discover all) Cupid lifting a cloth and discovering 2 burning hearts surrounded by roses, JE BLESSE ET SOULAGE=ICH VERWUNDE UND LINDER (I hurt and heal) Cupid pouring water atop burning hearts, JE LES CAPTIVE=ICH FESSLE SIE (I capture them) Cupid putting 1 heart into a bird cage, JE LES DOMPTE=ICH BÄNDIGE ES (I tame them) Cupid with a mirror in the right hand and setting fire to the heart, a burning heart tied to a leash, the hexagonal base with gilt edging, gilt rosettes, the inscriptions in a light purple oval, Height: 12–14,5 cm, minor restorations, minimal chips, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, late 19th cent., model no. F 1- F 16, former no. div., painter no. div., model by Michel Victor Acier 1777, after drawings by Johann Elias Zeisig, known as Schönau (Ru)

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Bergmann Meissener Figuren A 1-Z 99, p 97–104;

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VEB Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, The 16 "Devisenkinder" (or Motto Children) created in 1775 based on designs by Schönau cover a variety of inventive subjects and are each accompanied by a motto or aphorism in French.