Böttger stoneware figurine of a resting elephant
BüTTGER STONEWARE FIGURINE OF A RESTING ELEPHANT.
Meissen.
Date: 1924-34.
Maker/Designer: Model Max Esser, 1924. Moulding No.10 of 55.
Technique: Böttger stoneware.
Description: Elephant lying on a narrow plinth, its head slightly tilted to one side. The surface has a
fine, naturalistic structure, imitating the character of elephant skin almost to
perfection. Individual areas such as tusks, toenails or the edges of the ears are finely
polished. On the middle of the back a round mount, decorated with vegetable elements, for
fastening a flat, large bowl.
Measurement: Height 38cm, length ca. 60cm, width ca. 25cm.
Mark: Carved Pfeiffer mark, on the back of the base and on underside. Underside with further stamped and carved marks: "Böttger Steinzeug", "Von 55 Ausformungen No.10", 736, A 1087, L245.
Mark: On the back inscribed "M. Esser 1923".
Condition C.
Literature:
- Bröhan, Karl H. (ed.:) Porzellan, Kunst und Design 1889-1939, vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus, Bestandskatalog Vol.2 des Bröhan-Museums, Berlin, 1996. For Max Esser cf. p.108.
- Marusch-Krohn, Caren: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit, Leipzig 1993, for Max Esser cf. p.105-112.
As a student of August Gaul, Max Esser advanced to the leading animal plastic artists of the Pfeiffer era. He first began his career in the workshops of Schwarzburg, before moving on to a career as a free artist for the manufacture in Meissen from 1919 onwards for the following three years. Furthermore, he kept a so-called Master atelier there from 1923 onwards. Esser produced more than 100 models for the manufacture. In order to craft plastic arts as naturalistically as possible his studies regularly led him to the Berlin zoo.
Max Esser created two versions of the resting elephant. One without cylindrical attachment on the back, the other, like the model presented here, with a small cylinder for the installation of a large, flat bowl.
Condition Report: Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Germany: 26,89 Euro plus 5,11 Euro VAT
EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT
Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT
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BüTTGER STONEWARE FIGURINE OF A RESTING ELEPHANT.
Meissen.
Date: 1924-34.
Maker/Designer: Model Max Esser, 1924. Moulding No.10 of 55.
Technique: Böttger stoneware.
Description: Elephant lying on a narrow plinth, its head slightly tilted to one side. The surface has a
fine, naturalistic structure, imitating the character of elephant skin almost to
perfection. Individual areas such as tusks, toenails or the edges of the ears are finely
polished. On the middle of the back a round mount, decorated with vegetable elements, for
fastening a flat, large bowl.
Measurement: Height 38cm, length ca. 60cm, width ca. 25cm.
Mark: Carved Pfeiffer mark, on the back of the base and on underside. Underside with further stamped and carved marks: "Böttger Steinzeug", "Von 55 Ausformungen No.10", 736, A 1087, L245.
Mark: On the back inscribed "M. Esser 1923".
Condition C.
Literature:
- Bröhan, Karl H. (ed.:) Porzellan, Kunst und Design 1889-1939, vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus, Bestandskatalog Vol.2 des Bröhan-Museums, Berlin, 1996. For Max Esser cf. p.108.
- Marusch-Krohn, Caren: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit, Leipzig 1993, for Max Esser cf. p.105-112.
As a student of August Gaul, Max Esser advanced to the leading animal plastic artists of the Pfeiffer era. He first began his career in the workshops of Schwarzburg, before moving on to a career as a free artist for the manufacture in Meissen from 1919 onwards for the following three years. Furthermore, he kept a so-called Master atelier there from 1923 onwards. Esser produced more than 100 models for the manufacture. In order to craft plastic arts as naturalistically as possible his studies regularly led him to the Berlin zoo.
Max Esser created two versions of the resting elephant. One without cylindrical attachment on the back, the other, like the model presented here, with a small cylinder for the installation of a large, flat bowl.
Condition Report: Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Germany: 26,89 Euro plus 5,11 Euro VAT
EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT
Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT
additional shipping insurance
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