50% OFF LOT 61: INCREDIBLY RARE SITZENDORF PORCELAIN FIGURAL GROUP

Circa: 1900 (120 yrs old as at 2020!) See Markings.

Title: "The Charcoal Burner"

Dimensions: 135 x 95 x 160 mm

Markings: Angled H and gold painted no. 26. The Angled H mark was used between 1884 and 1902.

This piece wad authenticated by Richard Phillips from Philips Antiques (UK) in 1969. See letter attached. 

Condition - Excellent EXCEPT for fingers broken off on lady on the one hand. That is why the price is reduced. Originally listed at R 5000. It has to go. History: Sitzendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur Wilhelm Liebmann was established in 1850. In 1896 the business was turned into a limited stock company. In 1972 it was nationalized. In 1990 the Sitzendorf factory was privatized and 2012 production stopped completely.

Same figurine on other auctions: https://www.lotsearch.de/lot/a-meissen-figural-group-40536556

I was contacted by a Meissen/Dresden connoisseur on 3 April and he says there were a number of factories in the Dresden/Saxony area that made "pseudo Meissen" marks (resembles the crossed swords of Meissen) such as Sitzendorf, Plaue and Potschappel, but Sitzendorf was probably the most prolific. It is of good quality considering the age but not up to Meissen standards of modelling and painting.  Enjoy. Remember it comes with paperwork.