ELECTORAL PORCELINE MANUFACTURE IN MIA, Woman Sniffing a Flower - Smell - from the series: "Five Senses"

porcelain, enamel paints,
minor losses of plastic decoration (including flowers in basket and on lap, brim of hat and leaves on brim);
height 15 cm; base 10.8 x 8.3 cm;
Signed in cobalt underglaze crossed swords with star, engraved triangle with inscribed crossed swords.
Meissen, Churfürstliche Porcellain Fabrique, model by Johann Carl Schönheit (1745-1794) circa 1772. , 18th/19th century (1774-1814).
On a rectangular base with a wavy bulge on the front, seated on a stool at a table with a basket of flowers, a lady in a lace dress and hat. Leaning her elbow on the table, she sniffs a flower held in her right hand; scattered flowers in her apron on her lap. The figure is from a model developed in 1775 by the Meissen modeler Johann C. Schönheit (1745-1794)
a series of allegories: The Five Senses (Hearing, Taste, Sight, Touch, Smell).