Candlestick with two cupids as spring and summer. Ernst August Leuteritz for Meissen. Late 19th century. Ernst August Leuteritz1818 Meissen - 1886 ibid. Porcelain, glazed, painted in underglaze blue and polychrome onglaze colours as well as gold decorated, brass. Four flames. On the underside the sword mark and the painter's mark in underglaze blue, the embossing number "147" as well as the incised form number "E. 128". On a pedestal with four volute feet sit two cupids with flower basket and bundle of ears as allegories of spring and summer. The ascending rocaille shaft as well as the removable top with the candelabra arms are decorated with plastic leaf, flower and fruit decorations. Year of design: 1855-1863. cf. to the cupids: Bergmann, Thomas: Meissener Künstler-Figuren. Model numbers A 100 - Z 300. Karlsruhe, 2010. p. 15, cat.no. 16. Petals and leaves occasionally with missing parts, two larger losses of leaves on the underside of two candlestick arms.The large toe of the left cupid as well as the tip of the leaf bumped at two grommets. Dimensions: H. 52 cm. Ernst August Leuteritz 1818 Meißen - 1886 ebenda German porcelain modeller. Beginning of an apprenticeship as an embosser in the porcelain manufactory Meissen. 1838-43 Studies at the Dresden Academy of Arts with Ernst Rietschel, afterwards return to Meissen as a modeller. 1849-86 Head of the design department. His designs of a breakfast service with lily of the valley and fan pattern as well as the snake-handled vase were successful. From 1882 professor.