Great Cupid

Lot 4055 limit € 1.400

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, design by Heinrich Schwabe 1880-82, model no. M 114, Cupid with slippers and marriage contract, coved natural base with tree support, colored painting, gold staffage, slightly restored, height approx. 28 cm, pommel swords from around/after 1882; Heinrich Schwabe (1847-1924), sculptor, studied at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts, 1875-1907 professor ibid., the Meissner manufactory acquired a total of 48 models, busts, cupids, children and genre figures created by him by 1899