KPM Berlin Figurenserie "Die vier Elemente"
KPM Berlin figurine series ‘The Four Elements’
comprising two gallant couples as allegorical counterparts, designed by Friedrich Elias Meyer c. 1762/63, underglaze blue sceptre marks 1962-1992, naturalistic modelling in white porcelain; each figure stands on a domed rocaille plinth supported by a tree trunk: a lady holding fruit (Earth) or a water jug (Water), or a gentleman with a pipe (Fire) or a bagpipe in the shape of a billy-goat (Air), the pipe has a crack caused by firing and the bagp
KPM Berlin figurine series ‘The Four Elements’
comprising two gallant couples as allegorical counterparts, designed by Friedrich Elias Meyer c. 1762/63, underglaze blue sceptre marks 1962-1992, naturalistic modelling in white porcelain; each figure stands on a domed rocaille plinth supported by a tree trunk: a lady holding fruit (Earth) or a water jug (Water), or a gentleman with a pipe (Fire) or a bagpipe in the shape of a billy-goat (Air), the pipe has a crack caused by firing and the bagp
