Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Figure of a Falcon

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Figure of a Falcon
Datec. 1931
PlaceGermany
MediumHard-paste porcelain
Dimensions26 7/16 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (67.2 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Caroline Wiess Law
Object number2004.43
Not on view

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ProvenanceCaroline Wiess Law, Houston; bequeathed to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Crossed swords printed in blue on the lower back center edge of the base.

Impressed crossed swords on the lower back center edge of the base together with "Weiss"



Impressed on the proper right lower edge: "ESSER"

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