Art Nouveau Girl with Sugar Cone Figurine by Paul Helmig for Meissen, Germany, 1908

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Excellent art nouveau porcelain figurine by paul helmig: standing girl in a red dress with white polka dots, wearing a … Read more Excellent art nouveau porcelain figurine by paul helmig: standing girl in a red dress with white polka dots, wearing a white apron and black buckle shoes, holding a sugar cone in her right hand and digging deep into it with her left. The figure is supported at the back by a toy trolley and stands on a flat white round base. Designer: paul helmig (1859 - 1939) the sculptor and modeller studied at the arts and crafts school in dresden (germany) and worked for the meissen manufactory from 1872 to 1925. Helmig specialized in the design of groups of figures, clock cases and vessels with figures both in the rococo style and, later, in the art nouveau style. Model y 180 was created in the year 1908.

manufactory: meissen germany dating: made circa 1908 material: white porcelain, glossy finish technique: handmade and finest hand painting size: height: 14,0 cm / 5.51 inches width: 6,0 cm / 2.36 inches depth: 6,0 cm / 2.36 inches marks: blue meissen underglaze crossed sword mark / first quality model number y 180 / former's number 136 / painter's number 49 bibliography: thomas & sabine bergmann, meissen artist figures, model numbers a 100 - z 300, erlangen germany 2010, catalog number 357, on page 191. Condition: very good this piece has an attribution mark,
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