Candlestick with two cupids as autumn and winter. 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. 129". On a pedestal with four volute feet sit two cupids with wine goblet and coal bowl as allegories of autumn and winter. The ascending rocaille shaft as well as the removable top with the candelabra arms are decorated with plastic leaf, flower and fruit decor. 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. 17. One candlestick foot, the central spout for the attachment as well as the volute underneath and the leaf of another spout unprofessionally glue-restored, shaft therefore slightly displaced.Isolated missing parts on the petals, the wreath of autumn, a toe of winter as well as a thumb and the tips of two fingers. Isolated traces of putty from earlier restorations. Measures: 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.