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RStK AUSTRIAN REISSNER STELLMACHER KESSEL CHANSON FIGURE Circa 1900 As Is
$ 264
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ANTIQUE AUSTRIAN REISSNER STELLMACHER KESSEL CHANSON FIGURE Circa 1900 As Is.Faded and has many chips, stamped on back rstk, finger missing and one repaired. See pics for condition.
We offer this unusual and delightful antique Austrian pottery figure of a male singer entitled CHANSON (The Singer) signed by E Stellmacher and made by Reissner Stellmacher Kessel dating from around 1900. The painted pottery figure sits raised on a bench mounted on a moulded stonework pedestal base with a leafy stem and is moulded in relief to the front with the title CHANSON. The figure wears a long buttoned up coat and large bow tie and has a top hat lying on the bench next to him. He holds up a small book of lyrics and appears to be singing. The surface of the base is signed E Stellmacher with impressed RStK mark for Reissner Stellmacher Kessel, Austria and numbered 1566 to the back.