Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession "Schneckenreiter" c. 1910

MICHAEL POWOLNY  (1871-1954)  Austria
BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960)  Austria
VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK  Vienna

Schneckenreiter  c. 1910

Glazed white earthenware hand-painted with black enamel

Marks: conjoined WK (in a square), KG with flower (in a square), 81 (impressed)

***Extremely rare Powolny model in black and white.

Model illustrated: Michael Powolny:  Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990), p. 50, illus. 20, cat. no. WV43;  Vienna 1900, Vienna, Scotland and the European Avant-Garde, Peter Vergo (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1983), p. 63, plate 19; “Austrian Architecture and Decoration,” The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 1911 (London: The Studio, 1911), p. 233.

This model may also be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Inventory number 604, 1966).

H: 7″ x W: 7 3/4″ x D: 4″

Price: $10,500