A PAIR OF J. UFFRECHT & CO. PAINTED EARTHENWARE FIGURES OF LOHENGRIN AND ELSA, he wearing armour and she wearing a veil, cloak, gilt-embroidered tunic and a skirt, painted predominantly in grey, apricot and shades of cream, on dark-brown waisted circular bases impressed with the titles wear to paint on bases), impressed U & C monogram, Geschiitzl, Pressnummern 917, late 19th Century | Christie's

Lot 93

A PAIR OF J. UFFRECHT & CO. PAINTED EARTHENWARE FIGURES OF LOHENGRIN AND ELSA, he wearing armour and she wearing a veil, cloak, gilt-embroidered tunic and a skirt, painted predominantly in grey, apricot and shades of cream, on dark-brown waisted circular bases impressed with the titles wear to paint on bases), impressed U & C monogram, Geschiitzl, Pressnummern 917, late 19th Century

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A PAIR OF J. UFFRECHT & CO. PAINTED EARTHENWARE FIGURES OF LOHENGRIN AND ELSA, he wearing armour and she wearing a veil, cloak, gilt-embroidered tunic and a skirt, painted predominantly in grey, apricot and shades of cream, on dark-brown waisted circular bases impressed with the titles wear to paint on bases), impressed U & C monogram, Geschiitzl, Pressnummern 917, late 19th Century
20½in. (51.5cm.) and 19¼in. (49cm.) high (2)

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Wagner's opera, Lohengrin, a tale from German history, was first performed in Weimar in 1850, produced by Liszt. It was first performed in London in 1875. Elsa, Lohengrin's wife played the part of the soprano

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