Two Meissen porcelain figures of gardeners with watering cans, circa 1750

each modelled standing barefoot on a mound bases applied with leafy vines of flowers, he wearing blue breeches and a white shirt, she in flowered skirts with a white blouse and purple bodice, the male figure with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base, impressed numeral 12., the female figure with crossed swords mark in blue to underside of base; together with a Meissen porcelain figure of a fruit seller from the Cris de Paris series, the porcelain circa 1745, the decoration probably later, standing beside a tree stump, holding a basket of flowers, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue

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Height of gardeners 11.8 cm; 4 ⅝ in