6 pieces: PAINTING WITH 3 PUTTI, 1 putto sitting in front of the easel with colour palette and brush, he paints the putto sitting before him, another putto standing and watching, the reverse side with open paint box open, paint containers and drawing portfolio, height 18.5 cm, model no. 5, form no. 163, red painter no. 19; ALLEGORY OF POETRY WITH 3 PUTTI, in the centre an obelisk with laurel wreath and light purple ribbon, on the pedestal a medallion with the portrait of Catherine II, on the side a standing putto with laurel wreath in his hair and a lyre in his left hand as Apollo, the sitting girl holds an open book with the inscription "Historie de Russie sous le regne de Catharina II Alexiewna la Grande", on cloud base a seated girl blowing a trumpet as Fama, height 30,5 cm, model no. 11, form no. 163, painter no. 3; ALLEGORY OF ARCHITECTURE WITH 3 PUTTI, 1 putto measuring the architrave of a temple with scale, one kneeling with a stylus in his right hand, a seated putto holding a construction plan in his left, height 22 cm, model no. 51, form no. 56, red painter no. 57; ALLEGORY OF ASTRONOMY WITH 3 PUTTI, the standing putto looking at the celestial globe and writing mathematical calculations in an astronomical book, the seated putto marking the constellations on a white slate, the seated one looking at the celestial bodies with a telescope, height 20 cm, model no. 9, form no. 143, red painter no. 5; ALLEGORY OF GEOGRAPHY WITH 3 PUTTI, the seated putto on the left looking through the magnifying glass and holding an open geography book in his right hand, the girl sitting on the right holding a globe and measuring the countries with a gold compass, the putto sitting in the middle embracing her and looking at the globe, holding a compass in his right hand, at his feet a telescope and scale, height 19 cm, model no. 13, red painter's mark W, ALLEGORY OF MUSIC WITH 3 PUTTI, on the right a seated putto playing the flute with music stand and sheet music, in the centre a seated putto as Apollo with laurel wreath on his head and a harp in his hands, at his feet a violin and 3 books, a standing girl kneeling on the stone base, holding a trumpet in her right hand and singing, height 22.5 cm, model no. 10, former no. 31, painter no. 73, porcelain, polychromed and gilt, a few restored areas, rock base with moulded front, wide and narrow gilt edging, laurel festoons and gilt borders with light purple bands and diverse polychromed décor
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark second half of the 19th century, models by Michael Victor Acier 1773–1775 (Ru)

Lit.:
Meißen für die Zaren, Munich 2004, pp. 122–125, ill. 187–192, from the service commissioned by Czarina Catherine II.

From a series of 40 groups.