Paire de plaques murales figurant des perroquets, Meissen, circa 1993 A pair of Meissen rectangular wall plaques depicting parrots, circa 1993Modelled by Paul Scheurich in high relief, facing opposite directions, each perched on a fruiting branch with their head turned to the rear, pierced for hanging on the reverse, 38.6cm high; 47cm across and 38.5cm high; 48.5cm across; 5cm deep, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers A.1177 and A.1178, impressed former's number 149, year symbol for 1993 and crossed swords mark and 'Weiss' (2)FootnotesLiterature: Rafael 1995a, ills. 31/32.3 and 31/32.4; Rafael 1995b, ill. 5 Exhibited: Meissen, Schauhalle der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, 21 September 1995-10 January 1996; Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 It isn't known when Scheurich modelled this pair of plaques depicting parrots; he depicted two parrots in similar poses in 1913 in a drawing for an edition of Madame de Pompadour's letters (Rafael 1995a, ill. 31/32.1). The models were in the artist's studio when he fell ill in August 1923 and they were sold by Käthe Scheurich to the manufactory for RM 150 each on 4 November 1926. They were produced in porcelain for the first time in 1993.
Paire de plaques murales figurant des perroquets, Meissen, circa 1993 A pair of Meissen rectangular wall plaques depicting parrots, circa 1993Modelled by Paul Scheurich in high relief, facing opposite directions, each perched on a fruiting branch with their head turned to the rear, pierced for hanging on the reverse, 38.6cm high; 47cm across and 38.5cm high; 48.5cm across; 5cm deep, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers A.1177 and A.1178, impressed former's number 149, year symbol for 1993 and crossed swords mark and 'Weiss' (2)FootnotesLiterature: Rafael 1995a, ills. 31/32.3 and 31/32.4; Rafael 1995b, ill. 5 Exhibited: Meissen, Schauhalle der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, 21 September 1995-10 January 1996; Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 It isn't known when Scheurich modelled this pair of plaques depicting parrots; he depicted two parrots in similar poses in 1913 in a drawing for an edition of Madame de Pompadour's letters (Rafael 1995a, ill. 31/32.1). The models were in the artist's studio when he fell ill in August 1923 and they were sold by Käthe Scheurich to the manufactory for RM 150 each on 4 November 1926. They were produced in porcelain for the first time in 1993.
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