19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
Auction Closed
December 11, 11:50 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
FRANZ VON STUCK
German
1863 - 1928
RING STAND IN THE FORM OF A PUTTO
silver plated Britannia metal, on a veined black marble base
37cm., 14½in.
T. Raff, 'Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes', Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, exh. cat. Tettenweis, 2011, p. 16, fig. 15
This ring stand is a rare variant of Franz von Stuck's famous Nautilus Cup, which was his first sculptural work. The design appears in the WMF pattern book of 1907/1908.