Vtg Irish Dresden Lace Angel Candle Holder Mueller-Volkstedt Blue Crown Mark

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Vtg Irish Dresden Lace Angel Candle Holder Mueller-Volkstedt Blue Crown Mark :
$68.00

For your consideration is the vintage and VERY RARE Irish Dresden Lace Angel Candle Holder made by Mueller-Volkstedt with the famous blue crown and \'MV\' depicting the family mark from 19th Century artist Anton Muller who established a workshop in Volkstedt, Germany. He passed away in 1937 and the family business has been carried on.

I have included the process for making these lovely figurines as it is very interesting and also informs the buyer of this gorgeous piece and the art behind the making.

The process begins with an artist design in modeling clay of which master molds are made in Plaster of Paris. Many molds may be required for each piece as there may be up to fifty components in any one figurine or group. When the Plaster of Paris had adsorbed sufficient water from the porcelain slip the various parts are taken out of the molds and re-assembled according to the original design.

After a slow process of air drying at strictly controlled temperature the pieces are baked for the first time in the \'biscuit fire\' at a temperature of 900C (1650F). Real cotton lace impregnated with porcelain clay is used to dress the figurines with the ruffles at this stage, and miniature hand made decorations are added. The figurines are then glazed and baked for the second time in the \'glaze fire\' at the much higher temperature of 1300 C (2370F). During this firing the figurine shrinks to to 22.6 and the lace material burns away leaving its delicate matter in the porcelain. At the final stage the figurines are individually hand painted by craftsmen. The final firing, the \'pain fire\', this time at a temp of 800C (1400F) turns the decorated porcelain into the brilliant and precious piece of fine art that is \"Irish Dresden\".

Measures 5 7/8 inches tall with no chips, cracks or repairs; NO CRAZING; GORGEOUS FINISH with markings indicated above inside the base. The base measures 3 1/2 x 3 inches.

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