Sword marks, 2nd half 20th century, 1st choice.

1x white, 1x Böttger stoneware.

1x model no. N 222, design after 1919 by Louis Clemens Paul Walther (1876-1933): Field hare (H 10 cm). / 1x model no. 271, design 1933 by L. C. Paul Walther: upright sitting hare (h 16.5 cm).

"One of the most productive animal sculptors of the Meissen manufactory was the Meissen-born Louis Clemens Paul Walther (1876 - 1933). At the age of fifteen, he was already studying at the drawing school of the local porcelain manufactory. From 1894 he worked part-time turning work at the manufactory from 1894, before he finally 1895 he finally began an apprenticeship as a turner and in 1898 as an embosser. began. Between 1899 and 1906, he worked alternately as a as a moulder and turner. In the following years until 1926, Walther was employed as a employed as a designer modeller. In this model, he depicts a hare sitting on a small pedestal. sitting on a small pedestal. Brown hares are known for their speed, which is expressed by the hare's hind legs, which are longer than the front ones, express this." (Petra Werner, in: Catalog: Auf der Pirsch - Jagdbare Tiere in Porzellan, Porzellanikon (vol. 117), Hohenberg a.d. Eger 2015, p. 38/39/cat. no. 29/30).

Provenance : German private collection.