A French hard paste figure of the Gardener's Companion circa 1775, Made at the Locre and Russinger factory in Rue De la Fontaine-au-Roi, in La Courtille. The mark of crossed arrows in blue was used at the factory from 1772. Laurent Russinger worked at the Hochst porelain factory as a modeller before moving to Paris. There is a similar model attributed to Russinger when he worked at Hochst, on which this model would be based. Height 17.5 cm