A Meissen group of gardeners, late 19th centuryA Meissen group of gardeners, late 19th centuryAfter the 18th century model by M.V. Acier, a woman with a watering can next to a man reaching out to embrace her and perching on a tree stump, a spade leaning next to him, a boy at the back holding a flower in his hands, the mound base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork, 18cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number B.28, impressed numerals (restoration to watering can and spade)Another example is illustrated in see S. & T. Bergmann, Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A1 - Z99 (2014), no. 83.