A Meissen Böttger stonware tiger mask - image-1
A Meissen Böttger stonware tiger mask - image-2
A Meissen Böttger stonware tiger mask - image-1A Meissen Böttger stonware tiger mask - image-2

Lot 1721 Dα

A Meissen Böttger stonware tiger mask

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.500 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen Böttger stonware tiger mask

Incised crossed swords mark with dot, incised model no. A.1099. and L.245., stamped BÖTTGER-STEINZEUG and VON 55 AUSFORMUNGEN No 3., pressnummer 23. Restored in Meissen in 1999, one tooth reattached. H c. 37.5, W c. 50 cm.
Model by Max Esser, 1924/25, produced before 1933.

Provenance

In family ownership since production.

Literature

For more on Esser see Marusch-Krohn, Meissener Porzellan 1918 - 1933. Die Pfeifferzeit, Leipzig 1993, p. 105 ff.