A RARE PORCELAIN GROUP ‘HIDE AND SEEK’
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
A RARE PORCELAIN GROUP ‘HIDE AND SEEK’

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, SIGNED A. SPIESS, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)

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A RARE PORCELAIN GROUP ‘HIDE AND SEEK’
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, SIGNED A. SPIESS, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)
After the figure by August Spiess, modelled as three children dressed in eighteenth-century costumes, playing hide-and-seek, marked with green printed factory mark
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

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Being the factory’s chief model maker for almost half a century, August Spiess created a large number of figures during the Historical period of the second half of the 19th century. The works created by Spiess often depict playful children, cupids, or mythological figures in various costumes and settings.

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