A Meissen group of apple pickers, second half 19th centuryAfter the model by J.J. Kaendler, depicting a boy on a ladder against a tree picking apples, a lady and a child on the base gathering them in their apron and hat, respectively, another seated child and a basket of apples on the gilt-edged base, 28.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number 1998. impressed numeral, painter's number 43. twice in red (lady's head restuck old restoration to seated child's right leg, minor chips)