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Groupe unique en porcelaine représentant une femme et un jeune Maure, Meissen, circa 1920 A Meissen group of a lady and boy (Dame mit Mohrenknabe), circa 1920Unique Example Painted by Paul Scheurich signed and dated 'Scheurich/ 1920' on the base in black, on a hexagonal base, her dress, hat and shoes finely edged in shades of turquoise, the hat with silvered ribbons and tassels, the boy's costume decorated in iron-red and gilding with flowers on the trousers and slippers, and turquoise earrings, a similary decorated cushion at the rear, incised signature on edge of base 'Scheurich/ 19', 28cm high crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number F. 274., impressed former's number 36 (her right hand restuck, restoration to tip of her left shoe and to fingers on boy's left hand)FootnotesProvenance: Wolfgang Müller von Baczko (1894-1947), Director of the Meissen Manufactory 1936-40 Literature: Rafael 1995a, ill. 14.6 Exhibited: Meissen, Schauhalle der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, 21 September 1995-10 January 1996; Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 This documentary group was one of several painted by Scheurich himself with different decorative schemes. The manufactory eventually opted for two other schemes once the group went into production (Rafael 1995a, p. 50).