Bidspirit auction | Silen auf Esel - Ernst

Silen auf Esel - Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen um 1900 - Silen on a donkey - Ernst August Leuteritz Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, around 1900. Porcelain, white, glazed. Polychrome painted. Partially decorated in gold. Blue sword mark under the glaze. One grinding mark under the sword mark. Incised model no. 2724, impressed embossing no. 144, painter's no. 60. H. 21 cm, l. 20 cm. - Lit.: Meissen figurines, vol. III 1, model numbers 1 - 3000. Erlangen 2017. cat. Model by Ernst August Leuteritz (Meissen 1818 - 1893 ibid.)1860-70. Leuteritz was a modeller from 1843 and head of design at the manufactory from 1849-1886. - Condition: Restored: both legs of the putti and the lady as well as the base area; leaf decoration and tendrils bumped several times, reins missing, fire crack on the left leg of the silen, gilding minimally rubbed.