Antique Dresden German Figurine of Ballerina-- Mint Condition
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Antique Dresden German Figurine of Ballerina-- Mint Condition :
$80.00
Up for sale is beautiful late 18th century German Dresden Figurine of a little Ballerina.
This figurine is perfectly intact with no chips or breaks that I can see. Was a family heirloom. Beautiful early century face and delicate Porcelain fingers. She is approximately 3.5 inches tall. Here is a little about Dresden figurines
The confusion dates to theearly 18th century, when, in 1708, a faience (glazed earthenware) factory wasfounded in Dresden by a local alchemist named Johann Friedrich Böttger. Justtwo years later, Böttger figured out a formula for hard-paste porcelain, whichhe produced beginning in 1710 in Meissen. By the middle of the 18th century,figures styled after Italian commedia dell\'arte characters were common, and bythe end of the 18th century, faience was out and Dresden-decorated,Meissen-made porcelain was in.
During this period, in 1882,the first use of the Crown Dresden stamp was pioneered by a decorator namedHelena Wolfsohn. The following year, a quartet of decorators (Donath & Co.,Adolph Hamann, Richard Klemm, and Oswald Lorenz) registered a crown stamp asthe official mark for their Dresden wares. Although there were no actualporcelain factories in the city itself, Dresden supported some 200porcelain-decorating shops through World War II, when the industry wasessentially bombed into oblivion.
One of the most famoustechniques of Dresden artists was something called Dresden lace. To create theillusion of real fabric on figurines of women dancing at royal balls or posingin groups, decorators would dip actual, delicate lace into porcelain slipbefore applying it by hand to the porcelain figure. When fired in a kiln, thefabric would burn away, leaving a hard but extremely fragile shell of frozencrinoline skirts and billowy material behind.
The confusion dates to theearly 18th century, when, in 1708, a faience (glazed earthenware) factory wasfounded in Dresden by a local alchemist named Johann Friedrich Böttger. Justtwo years later, Böttger figured out a formula for hard-paste porcelain, whichhe produced beginning in 1710 in Meissen. By the middle of the 18th century,figures styled after Italian commedia dell\'arte characters were common, and bythe end of the 18th century, faience was out and Dresden-decorated,Meissen-made porcelain was in.
During this period, in 1882,the first use of the Crown Dresden stamp was pioneered by a decorator namedHelena Wolfsohn. The following year, a quartet of decorators (Donath & Co.,Adolph Hamann, Richard Klemm, and Oswald Lorenz) registered a crown stamp asthe official mark for their Dresden wares. Although there were no actualporcelain factories in the city itself, Dresden supported some 200porcelain-decorating shops through World War II, when the industry wasessentially bombed into oblivion.
One of the most famoustechniques of Dresden artists was something called Dresden lace. To create theillusion of real fabric on figurines of women dancing at royal balls or posingin groups, decorators would dip actual, delicate lace into porcelain slip beforeapplying it by hand to the porcelain figure. When fired in a kiln, the fabricwould burn away, leaving a hard but extremely fragile shell of frozen crinolineskirts and billowy material behind.
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Antique Dresden German Figurine of Ballerina-- Mint Condition :
$80.00