PORCELAIN GROUP OF A LADY WITH MOOR.
Scheurich; Paul. 1883 New York.

Model P. Scheurich.
Porcelain; enriched in colours and gold.
On a hexagonal; unpainted pedestal; a moor of a courtly lady making an advance.
Measurement: Height 26;5cm.
Mark: Swordsmark; A1179; porcelain former no. 10; different pressed marks; on pedestal inscribed 'Scheurich'.


Literature:
Marusch-Crohn; Caren: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit; Leipzig 1993; cat.no.58.
Rafael; Johannes: Paul Scheurich 1883-1945. Porzellane f黵 die Meissener Manufaktur; Meissen 1995; p.40; fig. 11.1.

Paul Scheurich introduced the group 'Dame with Moor' at the autumn exhibition of the Berlin Secession in 1917. He got the commission for it privately; from the Berlin banker's daughter Nora Allatini; whose original figurine is today in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Allatini insisted on a limitation of the design to only 2 pieces and declined an offer to sell the design to the Meissen manufactory. This incident was a main reason for Scheurich's contractual engagement with the manufactory; which then soon followed. The rights to the model of the figurine were only acquired years later. The two original mouldings were decorated by the designer himself. A striking feature is Scheurich's typical way of using colour; in which the white of the porcelain dominates and the figure's plastic expression is enhanced by carefully applied; delicate colour accents.
Art trade; Van Ham.