Tristan,
That
is a good way to start the New Year, congrats on your find! The four plates truly make for an awesome display and would grace any kind of WWII collection. Most non-collectors would have no idea of what they're looking at - maybe that's one reason why any TR porcelain that has survived at all? Mute testiment to history, the foundation of all that's the present..?
Here's hoping 2013 will bring you lot's more fine things that you'll share with us, thanks mate!
Here's another piece of Steinzeug by Meissen, a very simple or even minimalist, Art Deco bear. Possibly a cub getting his/her first fishing lesson, just looking and waiting ...
The solid mass and single color of the Steinzeug seems to lend itself well to that modernist, or futuristic, Deco look. Quite a different feel to the stark white bears in the second photo -a pair of full-grown grizzlies or browns having a slight disagreement. Realism at its finest, portrayed by Max Hermann Fritz, a fine pair by any standards.
Please enjoy!
B~
