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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Daphne

Figure
1917 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (manufacturer)
Scheurich, Paul (modelled by)
Place of origin
Berlin (made)

Paul Scheurich exhibited three plaster models for production in porcelain at the Autumn 1917 exhibition of the Berlin Secession, including figures of Apollo and Daphne. The Meissen porcelain manufactory rejected these models for production, and Scheuruch offered them to KPM Berlin manufactory instead. The first figurs were produced by KPM in February 1918 and they have remained in production ever since.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Figure
TitleDaphne (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glazed porcelain
Brief description
Porcelain figure of Daphne, modelleded by Paul Scheurich in 1917 and first produced by the KPM, Berlin, 1918
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.75in
Summary
Paul Scheurich exhibited three plaster models for production in porcelain at the Autumn 1917 exhibition of the Berlin Secession, including figures of Apollo and Daphne. The Meissen porcelain manufactory rejected these models for production, and Scheuruch offered them to KPM Berlin manufactory instead. The first figurs were produced by KPM in February 1918 and they have remained in production ever since.
Associated object
Circ.252-1939 (Pair)
Bibliographic references
  • Jarchow, Margarete. Berliner Porzellan im 20. Jahrhundert / Berlin Porcelain in the 20th Century. Berlin: Reimer, 1988. pp. 99, 110, 243.
  • Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stifting, Paul Scheuruch, Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021, A pair of the figures of Apollo and Daphne were exhibited there.
  • Bonhams Paris, Paul Scheurich: L'avant-garde en ceramique Collection du Prof.J. Rafael, Paris 14th April 2022, lot14 for a pair of figures of Apollo and Daphne anter the same model.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.253-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O333132/daphne-figure-scheurich-paul/
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