Lot Essay
See Robert Röntgen, The Book of Meissen, Atglen, PA, 1996, p. 61 for a model of Juno by Theodor Paul Helmig.
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THE ESTATE OF FRANK JOHNSON HIGHTOWER
A MEISSEN NEO-ROCOCO INKSTAND
CIRCA 1892, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED O102., VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED MARKS, MODELLED AND SIGNED P. HELMIG
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A MEISSEN NEO-ROCOCO INKSTAND
Circa 1892, blue crossed swords marks, incised O102., various impressed and painted marks, modelled and signed P. Helmig
Modelled as two putti seated before a scroll-moulded candlestick above a scallop-shaped moulded emplacement, flanked by an urn-form sander and an inkwell, the rocaille-moulded base on six scroll feet
15½in. (39.3cm.) wide (3)
Circa 1892, blue crossed swords marks, incised O102., various impressed and painted marks, modelled and signed P. Helmig
Modelled as two putti seated before a scroll-moulded candlestick above a scallop-shaped moulded emplacement, flanked by an urn-form sander and an inkwell, the rocaille-moulded base on six scroll feet
15½in. (39.3cm.) wide (3)