A Meissen figure group of children mid 18th century

A Meissen figure group of children mid 18th century, a boy seated and playing the flageolet to a bird in a cage resting on a table, a further boy offering a flower to a girl who holds a furled parasol and carries a small dog on one hip, raised on a low scroll base applied with flowers, blue crossed swords mark, some losses, 15cm high.

Provenance: from the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980).