GERMAN DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTURE:
MEISSEN GERMANY
DATING:
AROUND 1870
MATERIAL: PORCELAIN / GLAZED
TECHNOLOGY:
HANDMADE AND PAINTED PORCELAIN
DESIGNER:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775)
Head of plastic design in Meissen from 1742 to 1775. He is the best-known and most famous Meissen modeler and was responsible for the design of famous series such as shepherd figures, comedian children, gardener children (together with Acier), Paris crier (with Reinicke and Meyer), gallant figure groups, etc. responsible.
Kändler designed model 127 around 1769.
'TRIUMPH OF VENUS'
Depiction of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty (Greek: Aphrodite), as a young woman with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck, covered by a soft cloth that hugs the body and her upper body remains free, accompanied by a winged Cupid boy on a pillow and blue Cloak sitting in a large shell, carried by three tritons, hybrid creatures of man and fish, beneath the shell a spring rises, whose lush waters pour in rich streams of water over the towering rocks.
Made of two parts screwed together, on an irregular rock base with a gold rim.
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 33.5cm | Width: 22.0 cm | Depth: 17.0 cm
BRANDS:
BLUE MEISSEN SWORD MARK KNOB TIME | FIRST CHOICE
MODEL NO. 127 | PRESS NO. 40 | PAINTER NO. 43
PROOF:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen figures, model numbers 1 - 3000, Erlangen 2017 (Germany), catalog number 2316 on page 594.
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTORY: MEISSEN GERMANY
DATING:
AROUND 1870
MATERIAL: CHINA PORCELAIN / GLOSSY FINISH
TECHNIQUE: HANDMADE AND PAINTED PORCELAIN
DESIGNER:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775)
chief sculptor at the Meissen factory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer), Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 127 circa 1769.
'TRIUMPH OF VENUS'
Depiction of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty (Greek: Aphrodite), as a young woman with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck, covered by a softly draped shawl with her upper body remaining free, accompanied by a winged Cupid boy on a cushion and blue shawl, sitting in a large shell, carried by three tritons, hybrid creatures of man and fish, with a spring below the shell, whose lush waters flow in rich streams over the high piled rock.
Made of two parts screwed together, on an irregular rock base with a gold rim.
SIZE:
height: 13.18 in | width: 8.66 in | depth: 6.69 in
MARKS:
MEISSEN BLUE SWORD MARK POMMELS ON HILTS | FIRST QUALITY
MODEL NO. 127 | FORMER'S NR 40 | PAINTER'S NO. 43
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Figures, Model Numbers 1 - 3000, Erlangen (Germany) 2017, catalog number 2316 on page 594.
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD
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