PORCELAIN FIGURINES OF UPPER BAVARIAN SCHUHPLATTLER COUPLE.
Meissen.
Before 1924.
Models by H. Spieler 1897/1898.
Porcelain; enriched in colours and once scarcely in gold.
Male and female Schuhplattler in detailed; Upper Bavarian traditional clothing. Shown with
lively poses while dancing. Both on flat round pedestal with floorboards and tree trunk
support.
Measurement: Height 18;5cm / 14cm.
Mark: Swordsmark; Q190t/Q190u; porcelain former no. 77/123?; both with painter's no. 51.


The Upper Bavarian dancing couple originates from a series of 22 traditional costume
figurines; which the manufactory acquired between 1897 and 1898 from the sculptor and
medalist Hugo Spieler; who at that time held a professorship at the School of Arts and
Crafts in Dresden. In the series; traditional attires from all over Germany are
illustrated with great attention to detail.
Art trade; Van Ham.