Figure group "The Grape Thief". Original title A cavalier seated on a grass-covered stone plinth, holding a bowl of grapes. In front of him is a basket of grapes. Girl kneeling beside him, willingly taking grapes from the bowl and hiding them in her hat lying on the ground. A boy rushing to the side and a girl seated at the back with a bunch of grapes. Polychrome painting with subtle gold decoration. Designed by Johann Peter Melchior. Minimally dam./remnant; old label art dealer "G. Röbbig, no. A 273, Munich". Manufacturer's mark. H. 18 cm. Cf. cat. Reber, Johann Peter Melchior in Höchst, p. 85, ill. 174. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II. A porcelain figure group titled the grape thief modelled by J. P. Melchior. Minor chipped/restored. Old label from Röbbig, Munich. Manufacturer's mark. Highest. Circa 1780.