Precious sword and sword mark, year mark 1954, 1st choice. Model no.: A 1118. design: 1937. ESSER, Max (1885 Barth - 1945 Berlin)

White. H 39 cm, with wooden base (total height 41 cm).

1 wing tip bumped.

"Max Esser (1885 - 1945) was a master student of August Gaul in Berlin from 1904 to 1915 following his apprenticeship as a sculptor. He also ran his own small workshop. As early as 1909, he supplied several models to the Schwarzburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst in Unterweißbach, run by Max Adolf Pfeiffer. In 1919, he signed a 20-year contract with the Meissen manufactory and moved from Berlin to Meissen. In the years between 1919 and 1926, he created numerous animal models. Under the directorship of Max Adolf Pfeiffer, he was regarded as the manufactory's leading animal sculptor. He produced his last designs between 1935 and 1937. The "Seagull on a wave", which Esser captured in a snapshot during a fleeting contact with the water. A bronze sculpture corresponding to the porcelain model is known from 1931." (Petra Werner, in: Catalog: Auf der Pirsch - Jagdbare Tiere in Porzellan, Porzellanikon (vol. 117), Hohenberg a.d. Eger 2015, p. 46/cat. no. 42).

Provenance : German private collection.