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VINTAGE FINE PORCELAIN ROYAL VERMONT HARLEQUIN DANCER FIGURINE DOUBLE BUD VASE - HEDI SCHOOP DESIGN
AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTABLE ROYAL VERMONT HARLEQUIN DANCER FIGURINE DESIGNED IN THE STYLE OF HEDI SCHOOP. THE FIGURINE DEPICTS A HARLEQUIN DANCER IN HAND PAINTED WHITE AND BLACK MODERNIST DESIGN WITH GORGEOUSLY SPECKLED GOLD SPRAY. THE FIGURINE STANDS IN A DANCERS POSE WITH A PAIR OF BUD VASES CRAFTED BEHIND THE FIGURE AND A LARGE BLACK MUSICAL NOTE SEPARATING THE DANCER FROM THE BUD VASES
THIS BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM IS IDENTICAL TO THOSE DESIGNED BY HEDI SCHOOP. HEDI SCHOOP FLED EUROPE IN 1933 ALONG WITH HER COMPOSER HUSBAND FRIEDRICH HOLLANDER. SHE SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA AND IN 1940 OPENED A POTTERY STUDIO IN HOLLYWOOD. SHE HAD STUDIED SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, PAINTING AND FASHION DESIGN AT SEVERAL EUROPEAN ART INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING AT VIENNA AND REIMANN INSTITUTE IN BERLIN. SHE DESIGNED AND MODELED EVERY PIECE IN HER LINE OF FIGURINES AND HER FIGURINES ARE THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AS COLLECTABLES
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM HAS A LABEL UNDERNEATH WHICH IS WORN FROM AGE AND ILLEGIBLE. THE FIGURINE IS ALSO STAMPED UNDERNEATH IN BLUE - "ROYAL VERMONT WARE HANDPAINTED, 3954"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pair-hedi-schoop-harlequin-figurine-head-vases
https://www.veniceclayartists.com/vintage-california-postwar-pop-pottery/
CONDITION : SOME FAINT AGE RELATED CRAZING EXISTS UNDERNEATH THE FIGURINE ASIDE FROM WHICH THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 24.4cm HEIGHT.....12cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....6.8cm FRONT TO BACK
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
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This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier