Slipper skater in stoneware, polychrome underglaze painting. Young, elegant lady with a red ermine cloak and muff. German restoration; possibly by Johanna Meier-Michel, around 1908. Company mark and possible monogram "MM". Height 31 cm. In the archive of the Wiener Werkstätte at the MAK in Vienna, inventory number WWF 89-13-1, titled "Winter No. 25", model number K 125); one example in the collection of the MAK, inventory number KE 9578. Literature: "Dekorative Kunst" Vol. 18, 1909/10, illustration p. 44 (attributed to Emil Meier); Waltraud Neuwirth, catalog "Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils", Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1974, p. 215, illustration 82, color illustration p. 17. An Austrian Vienna glazed and painted earthenware figure of an elegant skating young lady of the Biedermeier period as an allegory of Winter, modeled by Johanna Meier-Michel. Minor restoration. Factory mark and artist's monogram. Austria. Vienna. Wiener Keramik. Around 1908-1912.
