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Unit 6,
6 - 12 Ponton Road,
London, SW8 5BA
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)20 8947 1902
E-mail: hdavies@antique-meissen.com |
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| Description: |
Meissen owl from a series of 75 mainly Meissen animals created as an elaborate table decoration by Max Esser between 1920 and 1928 and entitled Reineke Fuchs. Reineke Fuchs was a series of loosely connected fables which became popular in mediaeval Europe and usually concerned the struggle between the sly fox Reynard and the powerful wolf Isegrim.
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| Height in cms: |
12.50 |
| Height in inches: |
4.92 |
| Model Number: |
H 224 |
| Mark Info: |
Crossed swords in under glaze blue. Impressed model number 128. Painter's number 12 in brown. Impressed symbol which appears on every piece from the Reineke Fuchs series. |
| Circa: |
1922 |
| Price Band: |
£2,000 - £5,000 |
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