Apollo
Figure
1917 (modelled)
1917 (modelled)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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 | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Apollo (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed porcelain |
| Brief description | Porcelain figure of Apollo, modelleded by Paul Scheurich in 1917 and first produced by the KPM, Berlin, 1918 |
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| 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.253-1939 (Pair) |
| Bibliographic reference | Jarchow, Margarete. Berliner Porzellan im 20. Jahrhundert / Berlin Porcelain in the 20th Century. Berlin: Reimer, 1988. pp. 99, 110, 243. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.252-1939 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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