\"Description: This is a 26\"\" high patinated plaster of Paris sculpture of a nude woman bending at the waist to hold on to a large shell. A toga is draped around her intimate areas. She stands on a a three legged base. Stamped on back of the base is the Friedrich Goldscheider production stamp. Signed by designer, E Tell. Also, \"\"Reproduction Reservée 2046/561/55. \"\" The \"\"Reproduction Reserve\"\" mark indicates that only a very small number were ever created.

History: Friedrich Goldscheider (1845-1897). Friedrich Goldscheider was born in 1845 in Slabetz, Czech Republic and died 1897 in Nice. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the history of European ceramics. He founded his manufactory in Vienna under the name ‘Goldscheidersche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik’ in 1885. His pieces matched the spirit of the times during the time around 1900 – and particularly in the 1920s. His pieces were well known internationally; they were made of faience, terracotta, bronze and alabaster and represented historicist, art nouveau, art deco and orientalist styles. The Goldscheider family emigrated to England and to the US in 1938 and started new ceramic manufactories there. Friedrich’s son, Walter Goldscheider only returned to Vienna in 1950. He had to shut down the manufactory for economic reasons. He sold the license to the Goldscheider name to a German company called ‘Carstens’. In 1987, Friedrich’s grandchild restarted the family business under the name ‘Stoob’. (afa)

Provenance: N/A

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 40 | Height(in) = 26 | Width(in) = 14 | Depth(in) = 16

Size of Artwork(in): 30\"\" high

Artist Name: E Tell

Medium: Plaster of Paris

Circa: Circa 1900\"

Front of tray has a 3 inch piece broken off and re-glued . Several repairs and re glues overall.