A large Nymphenburg porcelain model of an owl
A large Nymphenburg porcelain model of an owl
Unidentified model. Underglaze blue impressed rhombus mark to the front of the plinth, signed and dated L.C.F. 27 to the reverse. H 41.8 cm.
Nymphenburg, this model by August Göhring 1927, decor by Ludwig Carl Frenzel, 1927.
Alongside the most famous maker of animal models at Nymphenburg, Theodor Kärner (1884 - 1966), August Göhring (1891 - 1965) can be considered the most important representative of this genre at the manufactory.
Literature
For more on August Göhring cf. Woeckel, Die Tierplastik der Nymphenburger Porzellan-Manufaktur. Bestandskatalog 1905 - 1920, Munich-Berlin 1978, p. 138 f.