Ida Schwetz-Lehmann Decorative Objects

Young lady with pinned up hair in a white and red dress with a parrot sitting on her left hand and a raised right arm, offering the bird a treat, performing a twisting movement with ...

Young striding lady, her hair tied up with a long red ribbon, in a white and gray striped tailored jacket and a long, flowing skirt with a delicate flower pattern holding a garland of flowers on her left arm in front of her. On a flat oval base with a small plant as a support. Manufactory: Augarten Vienna / Austria Made circa 1925-1938 White porcelain, painted, glossy finish Designed by IDA SCHWETZ-LEHMANN (1883 - 1971), an Austrian ceramist and sculptor of small sculptures. She made numerous designs for figures that were manufactured in the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten and was one of the artistic employees of the Wiener Werkstätte production group. Design circa 1925 Dimensions: Height: 24.0 cm / 9.44 in Width: 8.0 cm / 3.14 in Depth: 11.0 cm / 4.33 in Marks: Augarten Vienna shield with crown manufactory mark Augarten Austria red - additional mark before WWII 'WIENER GESELLSCHAFT V. FREUNDEN D. KLEINPLASTIK' - (Viennese society of friends of small sculptures) green inscription - special edition Embossed Number 62 Artist signature on top of the base behind the figure 'IDA SCHWETZ-LEHMANN' Bibliography: Lehner-Jobst, Augarten Wien...