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A very rare Meissen Böttger
stoneware model of the head of an American Bald Eagle, modelled and
partially polished in a highly detailed natural way by Paul Walther, the
eagle’s head looking straight out, its plumage fanned before it, raised on
a stepped and canted triangular base.
c. 1924 – 33 Modelled by Paul Walther
From an edition of 11 models in total, this is no. 4
Height: 11½ ins ( 29 cms)
Marks: incised signature ‘P.Walther’ to base and impressed PW.crossed
swords and dot impressed to near of base, impressed ‘BÖTTGER STEINZEUG’,
incised model number K243, impressed ‘VON II URSTÜCKEN NO’ and incised 4.
Strictly limited editions were also produced of selected models - such as
the present lot – which Walther himself executed or painted. These
‘original pieces’ or Urstücke are distinguished by an edition number (no.4
out of 11 in this case) and the incised signature of the artist himself.
See C.Marusch-Krohn, Meissener Porzellan 1918 – 1933 Die Pfeifferzeit,
p.136f. for a discussion on the artist, the author concludes that, ‘Walter
belongs alongside Max Esser, to the most important and productive animal
sculptors of the Pfeiffer perios’ (p.137).