KÖNIGLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR (KPM), Pair of salt shakers with putti figure

porcelain, enamel paints, gilding; height 12.5 cm; width 14 cm; bowls (oval) 7.5 x 6 cm.
Signed in cobalt under-glaze (both): scepter;
Berlin, Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), model by Friedrich Elias Meyer (1724-1785), 3rd quarter of 18th century, 19th century.
Two salt cellars with two oval scales, with a base on 4 rocaille legs and a figure of a half-naked putti; scales with a multi-petalled rim, with basketweave, painted in color on the sides and inside - pairs of birds, birds on a branch, poultry, small insects and butterflies. A popular, eagerly repeated model according to Friedrich Elias Meyer's late 18th century design.