Pommel swords, late 19th century, 2 grinding strokes. Signed "Knoeller". KNOELLER, Louis

Polychrome painted, gold decorated. Ø 22.5 cm.

Form "New Cutout". In the mirror the depiction of Mary Magdalene reclining with folded hands, detail from the 1760 painting by the Italian painter Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787), flag with red background and gold painting, inscribed.

Louis Knoeller: porcelain painter in Berlin and Dresden, ca. 1891 - 1907; copies of well-known paintings on plates and platters; 1891 participation in the Dresden Arts and Crafts Exhibition (1st prize), in 1893 his works were represented as the best examples of painted porcelain in Germany at the World's Columbian Exposition / The Chicago World's Fair.

Literature : Neuwirth (1977), vol. 2, p. 16; https://www.askart.com/artist/Louis_Knoeller/11341133/Louis_Knoeller.aspx dated 03.05.22;.