Till Eulenspiegel # 1046
While the quality of Meissen porcelain is undisputed, as an Allach collector their figures rarely exude the detail and quality that this piece does.
German folklore pieces during the Third Reich are
well known and Till Eulenspiegel is one of the better known. He is
presented as a prankster or trickster who traveled in the 1300's through
Europe playing pranks that were malicious and not what normal folk
would find amusing.
Often depicted with an owl or mirror, two
of his known traits this figure runs deep into European culture and the
figure itself is really nice and it is certainly one of the best
Meissen figures that I have encountered from the Reich era and was
manufactured in 1941 by the artist Alexander Struck.
I had
seen this in New Jersey in an antique shop many years ago and loved it,
but it was not to be. My thanks to Robin Lumsden for refreshing my
memory with this exceptional piece.
Photo Credit: Robin Lumsden
While the quality of Meissen porcelain is undisputed, as an Allach collector their figures rarely exude the detail and quality that this piece does.
German folklore pieces during the Third Reich are
well known and Till Eulenspiegel is one of the better known. He is
presented as a prankster or trickster who traveled in the 1300's through
Europe playing pranks that were malicious and not what normal folk
would find amusing.
Often depicted with an owl or mirror, two
of his known traits this figure runs deep into European culture and the
figure itself is really nice and it is certainly one of the best
Meissen figures that I have encountered from the Reich era and was
manufactured in 1941 by the artist Alexander Struck.
I had
seen this in New Jersey in an antique shop many years ago and loved it,
but it was not to be. My thanks to Robin Lumsden for refreshing my
memory with this exceptional piece.
Photo Credit: Robin Lumsden