19th and 20th Century Sculpture

19th and 20th Century Sculpture

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FRANZ VON STUCK | RING STAND IN THE FORM OF A PUTTO

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.