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Goldscheider Art Déco Twin Dancers 'Dolly Sisters', by Stephan Dakon, ca 1939

About the Item
Rare Viennese Ceramic Art from the 1930s:
Two graceful dancers in long, deeply cut and high slit rose colored dresses with blue floral decorations, facing each other with their upper bodies leaning back and holding the skirt ends performing a dance pose.
On a black, stepped rectangular base.
The 'Dolly Sisters' Rosie Dolly (1892 - 1970) and Jenny Dolly (1892 - 1941), known professionally as (the) Dolly Sisters, were Hungarian-American identical twin dancers, singers and actresses, popular in vaudeville and theatre during the 1910s and 1920s. Both sisters also appeared in two silent films.
Designed by Stephan Dakon (1904 - 1992), one of the most important designers who worked for the Goldscheider manufactory.
Design of the model circa 1937.
made circa 1939
Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria
Material & Technique: hand-crafted ceramics, white earthenware, hand-painted, glossy finish
Dimensions:
Height: 33.5 cm / 13.18 in
Width: 28.0 cm / 11.02 in
Depth: 12.0 cm / 4.72 in
Marks:
Model number 7868 / 129 / 31
Goldscheider Wien (Vienna) manufactory stamp
MADE IN GERMANY during WW II
painter's and former's signs existing
Bibliography:
Dechant / Goldscheider, Goldscheider: Firmengeschichte und Werkverzeichnis / History of the Company and Catalogue of Works, Stuttgart (Germany), 2007, Page 475, Number 7868
Condition: very good.
- Creator:Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna (Manufacturer),Stefan Dakon (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 13.19 in (33.5 cm)Width: 11.03 in (28 cm)Depth: 4.73 in (12 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1939
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Vienna, AT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1014428935062
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