Pair of Meissen statuettes of a gardener and a window box, 18th c.

A pair of large Meissen porcelain figurines depicting a gardener and a planter holding a basket.
(polychrome flowers on a yellow background for the gardener.
Model by J.F. Eberlein, circa 1748-50.
Height: 19.5 cm.
Restored thumb of the right hand and end of the shoe, right arm glued back to the elbow for the woman.
Cf. Y. Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775 The Kandler Period, no. 464 p. 171, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2001.