Mark from the art department at the main factory in Selb, 1950s. Inscribed. Model no.: K 1565. design: 1935. HEIDENREICH, Fritz (1895 Mähring - 1966 Selb)

Painted underglaze. H 36 cm.

"The designer Fritz Heidenreich (1895 - 1966) learned the craft of pottery. Due to an arm injury he suffered during the First World War, he was no longer able to pursue his profession. He then attended the arts and crafts school in Nuremberg and then the porcelain school in Selb from 1917 to 1919. In 1919, he joined Rosenthal's art department, initially as a retoucher. From 1934, he created his own designs and from then on dominated the figurine program, especially in the field of animal sculpture." (Petra Werner, in: Catalog: Auf der Pirsch - Jagdbare Tiere in Porzellan, Porzellanikon (vol. 117), Hohenberg a.d. Eger 2015, p. 41/cat. no. 33).

Provenance : German private collection.