Lot No. 10

Art Deco vase, Meissen, decor design. William Baring (1881-1961), around 1930/40

Starting price: € 500,-

Porcelain, underglaze blue painted, round base, ovoid body, short neck, continuous floral and bird decoration, signed "W. Baring.", inscribed on the base "Hummingbird and cactus blossoms. First piece", underglaze blue crossed swords mark, model no. T149, height approx. 16.5 cm, signs of wear
Lit.: Cf. Caren Marusch-Krohn, Meissen Porcelain 1918-1933. The Pfeiffer Era, Edition Leipzig 1993, pp. 67ff. and Fig. 36 (cf. form)

William Baring (1881-1961) worked for the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a freelance painter with a fixed salary from 1911 to 1945. The shaping and decoration of the so-called "Urstücke" ("I. Urstück") were carried out, supervised, or reworked by the artist himself. The pieces decorated by Baring mostly feature simple, functional, or timeless forms.