Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
FIVE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF DWARF MUSICIANS, 'INTERMEZZO' OR 'ZWERGENKAPELLE'
Lot 322 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION 

FIVE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF DWARF MUSICIANS, 'INTERMEZZO' OR 'ZWERGENKAPELLE'

EACH WITH DATE CYPHER FOR 1957, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODEL NOS. A.1263, A.1264, A 1265, A 1266. AND A 1267, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS, MODELED BY PAUL SCHEURICH

Closed18 April 2013

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FIVE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF DWARF MUSICIANS, 'INTERMEZZO' OR 'ZWERGENKAPELLE'
EACH WITH DATE CYPHER FOR 1957, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODEL NOS. A.1263, A.1264, A 1265, A 1266. AND A 1267, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS, MODELED BY PAUL SCHEURICH
After drawings by Callot, each modeled standing supported by a short tree-stump, on a hexagonal base, including: a guitar player, a piper, a cymbal player, a drummer and a conductor
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, the conductor (5)

Specialist note

These models were introduced at Meissen in 1937-1948, see J. Rafael, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945, Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, Meissener Manuskripte, Sonderband VIII, Meissen, 1996, p. 118-119, ill. 56.