THREE LIMBACH PORCELAIN FIGURES, CIRCA 1775 |

comprising a Violinist and a figure of a Gentleman, painted in complimenting colours, and a putto figure emblematic of 'Autumn' holding a basket of grapes, on puce scroll-edged bases, the Violinist and figure of Autumn with LB monogram in puce,

RELATED LITERATURE
Richard Graul and Albrecht Kurzwelly, op. cit., 1909, taf. 50, no. 3, for the complete putti series of the Seasons;
Helmut Scherf, Thüringer Porzellan, Geschichte, Fabriken und Erzeugnisse, Leuchtenberg, 1992, p. 14.

The Violinist, some restoration to the head of the neck of the violin, and the figure's fingers on both hands; The drum beater, restoration to brim of hat, both shoulders and sticks; The figure of Autumn, the right thumb restored.
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See Scherf, 1992, for a further example of the Violinist figure, together with a Cellist and Bassoonist from the collection of the Angermuseum, Erfurt, where they are attributed to Wallendorf.