Ernst Wahliss Antique Porcelain Centerpiece,c.1900

Name: Ernst Wahliss Antique Porcelain Centerpiece,c.1900
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA976459
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Gillers Antiques Ltd

Description

Large Austrian centrepiece on a leg with an image of a woman holding a large bowl vase and a boy leaning on this bowl on the other side. Marking on the underside with the crowned shield of Wahliss.

An elegant antique statuette in glazed porcelain, one of Ernst Wahliss' finest works. The contours of the face, the characteristic patina of Wahliss' work, the muted but noble light beige, ivory and gold-blue colours are visible to the smallest detail. A very rare statuette in its beauty.

Ernst Walliss was the leading Viennese porcelain and ceramics merchant who established his shop in 1863. Almost overnight he opened another shop in London and also bought the factory of Alfred Stelmacher in Thurn-Teplitz, today in the Czech Republic.

Ernst died in 1900. Two years later his sons, Hans and Erich, purchased six hundred moulds from the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna and, using these moulds, began producing reproductions of Vienna porcelain. It was branded with the Vienna crown and dated 1897-1906.

On the base the Ernst Valiss company trademark, number 4725, number 3 and three rows of digits: 4725, 136, 12.

18.5 cm height

width 31 cm

depth 15 cm

1800 g

Excellent condition, there are two small hairline cracks which are only visible on the inside of the bowl. They are not visible on the outside. On the boy's right hand the small tip of the little finger is chipped off. There is a crack at the base, which is also not visible from the outside.

Otherwise there are no visible signs of damage. Excellent preservation of paint and gilding.

Please examine all pictures carefully.

Physical Dimensions

Height

185cm (72.83")

Width

31cm (12.20")

Depth

15cm (5.91")

Declaration

Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA976459

Description

Large Austrian centrepiece on a leg with an image of a woman holding a large bowl vase and a boy leaning on this bowl on the other side. Marking on the underside with the crowned shield of Wahliss.

An elegant antique statuette in glazed porcelain, one of Ernst Wahliss' finest works.

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The contours of the face, the characteristic patina of Wahliss' work, the muted but noble light beige, ivory and gold-blue colours are visible to the smallest detail.

Gillers Antiques Ltd

A very rare statuette in its beauty.

fig 1. Ernst Wahliss antique porcelain centerpiece,c.1900 — fig 1. Ernst Wahliss Antique Porcelain Centerpiece,c.1900

Ernst Walliss was the leading Viennese porcelain and ceramics merchant who established his shop in 1863. Almost overnight he opened another shop in London and also bought the factory of Alfred Stelmacher in Thurn-Teplitz, today in the Czech Republic.

fig 2. Ernst Wahliss antique porcelain centerpiece,c.1900 — fig 2. Ernst Wahliss Antique Porcelain Centerpiece,c.1900

Ernst died in 1900. Two years later his sons, Hans and Erich, purchased six hundred moulds from the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna and, using these moulds, began producing reproductions of Vienna porcelain. It was branded with the Vienna crown and dated 1897-1906.

fig 3. Ernst Wahliss antique porcelain centerpiece,c.1900 — fig 3. Ernst Wahliss Antique Porcelain Centerpiece,c.1900

On the base the Ernst Valiss company trademark, number 4725, number 3 and three rows of digits: 4725, 136, 12.

18.5 cm height

width 31 cm

depth 15 cm

1800 g

Excellent condition, there are two small hairline cracks which are only visible on the inside of the bowl. They are not visible on the outside. On the boy's right hand the small tip of the little finger is chipped off. There is a crack at the base, which is also not visible from the outside.

Otherwise there are no visible signs of damage. Excellent preservation of paint and gilding.

Please examine all pictures carefully.