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Pair of porcelain characters signed Royal Dux * Bohemia representing a fishermen couple with the woman holding a wicker basket and a net and the man carrying his fish, a net on his shoulder, Art Nouveau late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries.
These characters are in their juice. Signed and numbered below.
A note: the head of the man was broken and glued, the front of his hat too, they are dirty and will be cleaned again, wear time, see photos.
porcelain brand of Bohemia, was illustrated at the beginning of the twentieth century by its productions of Art Nouveau style. Founded in 1853 near Prague in Dux, initially to produce utilitarian objects, the factory was bought by Eduard Eichler, a renowned artist, which marked the beginning of his prosperity. But it was from 1898, following his installation in Berlin, that works of remarkable quality were produced. This important manufactory produced vases, figurines, often female subjects, in exuberant decorations of flowers, leaves on seashell bases, fountains ... The porcelain was left in the form of biscuit, golden or painted, often in green. During this Art Nouveau period, the company was successful thanks to a designer and decorator Alois Hampel. The factory is still in operation nowadays.
