Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, draft by Konrad Hentschel 1904, model no. U149, seated child with picture book (scenes from Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann), colored painting, height approx. 11 cm, after 1948; Konrad Hentschel (1872 Cölln - 1907 Meissen), painter, designer and sculptor, studied at the Art Academy in Munich and Dresden, since 1889 in the manufactory, one of the most important Art Nouveau artists in Meissen, designed numerous tableware forms, his figurines culminated in a series of 12 playing children
