Paul Richter Lot n° 787

Large oval serving plate with "maple" pattern. Paul Richter for Meissen. 1904- 1924. Paul Richter1859 Nossen - 1944 Leipzig Porcelain, glazed and painted in lime green and reddish brown underglaze colours. From the service "T-smooth". The underside with double standing ring and the double cut sword mark in underglaze blue, the painter's mark "52" in underglaze blue, the embossed form number "T 26", as well as the further embossed numbers "2" and " 79". Year of design: 1904. On the decoration cf. Bröhan, Karl H. (ed.): Kunst der Jahrhundertwende und der zwanziger Jahre, vol. II, Berlin 1977, p. 310, cat . No. 448, with ill. Haase, Gisela: Exhibition catalogue Jugendstil in Dresden - Aufbruch in die Moderne. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Museum of Decorative Arts 1999, p. 245, cat.no. 121, with ill. Just, Johannes: Meissner Jugendstil-Porzellan, Leipzig 1983, no. 84, with ill. Günther Sterba: Meissener Tafelgeschirr, Stuttgart 1988, p. 104 and p. 189, ill. 93. The mirror with punctual, slight ash flight . Flag with two restorations. A hairline crack in the flag (3.5cm). The outer standing ring with a small chip. Dimensions: h. 35,5 cm, w. 44,5 cm. Paul Richter 1859 Nossen - 1944 Leipzig From 1893 flower painter in the Meissen porcelain manufactory. 1898-1900 Attends the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts. From 1908 until his retirement in 1936 teacher at the manufactory's own drawing school.