SET OF THREE MANSION HOUSE DWARFS Volkstedt Porcelain
Antique German MUSICIANS c1910
This
is a SET OF THREE MANSION HOUSE DWARF MUSICIANS:
Each
figurine:
-
is a figurine of a quaint man dressed in colloquial garb is standing atop a
grassy plinth and leaning against a tree trunk;
-
is brightly decorated with stylized accents;
-
is modeled in deep relief; the hand painting, décor and glaze are very well
done;
-
is marked on the underside of the base the base in under glaze blue with
the makers’ mark of Volkstedt.
-
the underside interior is glazed; the base rim foot is unglazed.
Green
hatted dwarf is wearing a green hat with a feather
and is playing a piccolo.
Brown hatted dwarf is wearing a brown hat
with a feather and is playing a lute (guitar); a sword in its sheath on his
side.
Brown capped dwarf is wearing a brown cap
and is playing a small harp.
The
estimated date is circa 1910.
This
SET OF THREE MANSION HOUSE DWARF MUSICIANS by Volkstedt is in very good
condition. Condition status includes minimal normal wear and rubbing, glaze
losses, firing flaws, crazing, and fretting. Overall, this set is sound, having
no chips, cracks, or major defects, and having had no apparent repairs or
restorations. This set is sold as is, as described. Please see all photos which
are a part of this description. Please note: photos have been taken in indirect
sunlight; therefore, reflections and lighting spots may appear, but do not
necessarily indicate defects.
Green
hatted dwarf figurine
with piccolo
Dimensions: 3.5 In.
Tall X 2.0 In. Wide X 2.4 In. Deep
Weight:
4.0 Oz.
Brown
hatted dwarf figurine with lute
Dimensions:
3.6 In. Tall X 2.5 In. Wide X 2.2 In. Deep
Weight:
4.7 Oz.
Brown
capped dwarf figurine with harp
Dimensions:
3.1 In. Tall X 2.3 In. Wide X 2.3 In. Deep
Weight:
3.1 Oz.
Historically,
the Mansion House Dwarves were actual dwarf actors who entertained and sold
products outside at the historically famous Mansion House in London. Originally
the theme of dwarfs represented in porcelains were modeled after the engravings
of 17th Century French artist and engraver, Jacques Callot.
*Volkstedt
porcelain manufactory sited in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany, was the earliest
porcelain manufactory in Thuringia. The factory had its origins in 1760 by the
porcelain maker Georg Heinrich Macheleid (1723-1801). Macheleid had long worked
in the glass manufactory at Glücksthal and had gained the arcana of
porcelain-making by his own research. This privileged porcelain factory made
true hard-paste porcelain much like renowned Meissen porcelain. Volkstedt
gained a reputation for its finely painted and carefully modeled porcelain
figures that it holds for collectors today.
In
1797 Ernest Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal, acquired the
porcelain manufactory in Volkstedt, which he sold two years later. Following
the reunification of Germany, in 2006/07 the factory buildings were restored to
their 18th-century appearance and opened to the public.
During
the 19th century the manufactory attracted subsidiary and rival workshops in
Rudolstadt: they included Beyer & Bock, Karl Ens, Kämmer & Kramer,
Ernst Bohne Söhne, Műller & Hammer.
Marks,
in underglaze blue, include the ubiquitous crowned N, adopted from Capodimonte
by many manufactories, closed crown and R (Rudostadt), and crossed swords
adopted from Meissen in 1762.
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