Great allegory of day and night

Lot 4368 limit € 6.500

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1 cut through, designed by Heinrich Schwabe 1880-82, model no. L 134a or L 135, putto on a sphere with torch and sunflower or with a star diadem on the head accompanied by an owl, each standing on a golden sphere segment, painted in colour, gold decorated, slightly restored, 2 star tips in the diadem min. best., H approx. 50 or 52 cm, pommel swords late 19th century, Heinrich Schwabe (1847-1924), sculptor, studied at the School of Applied Arts in Nuremberg, the Meissner manufactory acquired a total of 48 models from his hand