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ANTIQUE DRESDEN PORCELAIN FIGURINE/STATUE POSSIBLY DESIGNED BY KARL KLEMM - LATE 1800's
AN ANTIQUE PORCELAIN FIGURINE/STATUE MANUFACTURED BY DRESDEN, GERMANY, DEPICTING A MAN CLOTHED IN PERIOD DRESS WITH A BASKET OF GRAPES UPON HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE A SECOND, LARGER BASKET CONTAINING GRAPES STANDS BEHIND HIM.
RESEARCH ON THE BLUE DRESDEN MARK UNDERNEATH THIS ITEM REVEALS THE FOLLOWING :- THE "K" DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE BLUE CROWN AND "DRESDEN" IS POSSIBLY THE DESIGN OF DRESDEN CERAMICS DESIGNER KARL KLEMM. THE STATUE ITSELF WOULD HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED AROUND 1870-1890. THE REASON FOR IT HAVING NO COLOR WOULD MEAN THAT IT DID NOT MEET THE HIGH STANDARDS OF DRESDEN FOR PAINTING/DECORATING AND WOULD THEREFORE HAVE BEEN SOLD OUTSIDE OF GERMANY AS A WHITE GLAZED ITEM.
THE STATUE IS A RARE COLLECTABLE DRESDEN ITEM
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE STATUE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - Pls see pics
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : SINCE THIS IS A VERY RARE ITEM THE LINKS DISPLAY MERELY SIMILAR ITEMS
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CONDITION : THE STATUE HAS A REPAIRED FINGER AND ARM ON THE RIGHT AS WELL AS A MISSING THUMB ON THAT HAND. ASIDE FROM THIS IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CRACKS, CHIPS OR CRAZING
SIZE : 23.4cm HEIGHT.....10.5cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....8cm FRONT TO BACK.....8.2cm by 7.6cm SIDES OF BASE
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This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee
RELIST DUE TO NON FULFILLMENT