Figure of a Grape Picker by Léon Pilet c.1900

Charming spelter figure of a female grape picker c.1900 by the French sculptor Léon Pilet (1836 - 1917). A woman in the dress of a paysanne empties a wicker basket into a large coopered wooden pale full of grapes. Well cast in spelter with a painted finish. Nice costume detail, note the clogs and also the little sickle at her hip. On a circular plinth with moulded detail. Signed Leon Pilet in the cast. Some pitting to the surface, otherwise very good condition.