A rare Meissen porcelain vase with snail decor - image-1

Lot 317 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain vase with snail decor

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
12.11.2020, 19:00 - Modern Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.000 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Meissen porcelain vase with snail decor

Unidentified model (similar to C35). Blue crossed swords mark with pronounced pommels, pressnummers 12, 98 and 157. H 18.5 cm.
Decor design attributed to Theodor Grust, c. 1898/1900.

Theodor Grust (1857 - 1919) is mostly known for his work as provisional administrator and inspector of the painting department at the Meissen manufactory, a position which he is known to have occupied since at least 1906. After studying at the Dresden art academy and working for a short time in Munich, Belgium, and Holland, he entered the manufactory as a painting assistant in 1898 and soon became head of the painting studio. He is also known as a designer of new and fashionable crockery and vase forms and established himself as a capable and important representative of the Jugendstil movement in Meissen.

Literature

Cf. the similar form in: Jedding, Meißener Porzellan des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1981, no. 128.
For more on Theodor Grust, cf. ibid. p. 148.