A MEISSEN (OUTSIDE-DECORATED) FIGURE OF A SEA-LION modelled by August Gaul with its head erect, lying on its belly and painted in shades of grey and white enriched in peach, on a grassy mound and high rectangular white plinth edged with gilt bands (minor wear to enamels and gilding), incised A Gaul, cancelled blue crossed swords and dot mark, incised crossed swords and Weiss marks, Pressnummer 23, incised A.1063., circa 1922

Details
A MEISSEN (OUTSIDE-DECORATED) FIGURE OF A SEA-LION modelled by August Gaul with its head erect, lying on its belly and painted in shades of grey and white enriched in peach, on a grassy mound and high rectangular white plinth edged with gilt bands (minor wear to enamels and gilding), incised A Gaul, cancelled blue crossed swords and dot mark, incised crossed swords and Weiss marks, Pressnummer 23, incised A.1063., circa 1922
12½in. (32cm.) high

Lot Essay

CF. Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1981, p. 120 no. 167 for a white model

More from 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art

View All
View All