Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, model no. Y 149, model by Paul Helmig, girl with hat and mirror, polychrome painted, H approx. 17.5 cm, mirror and hat restored, pommel swords around 1915, Paul Helmig (1859-1939) studied at the Dresden School of Applied Arts worked for the Meissner manufactory from 1872. From 1882 until his retirement in 1925 he created numerous figures and groups as a modeller, but also clock cases and vessels decorated with figures, mostly in a richly decorated, detailed design
