Rare piece of Allach porcelain, ‘Bavarian Female Peasant’, in its painted version. The porcelain depicts a woman in a black and white dress with a blue floral apron and shawl. This piece was usually displayed with Allach model no. 48, a male peasant, as part of the ‘Oberbayerifches Bauernpaar’ (‘Upper Bavarian Peasant Couple’). This fine hand-painted piece was created by artist Richard Forster and introduced in 1938. Between 1938 and 1939 only 22 painted models were produced, likely due to the degree of difficulty and possibly popularity. Forster produced five sets of couples that represented different areas of Germany. At the base of this particular piece is a mile marker, reading on the reverse ‘To Miesbach 5 miles’ (Miesbach is a small town in Bavaria). This professionally glazed piece stands 9 in. tall and bears on the bottom the Allach 'runes', 'R. FORSTER', and the model number '47’. A winsome piece in mint condition. The porcelain factory Porzellan Manufaktur Allach was established as a private concern in 1935. In 1936 the factory was acquired by Heinrich Himmler to produce works of art that would represent, in Himmler's eyes, true Germanic culture. Production was based at Allach, the largest subcamp of Dachau, and it used slave labor in the production of these pieces. Of course, only the most skilled artists would have worked on this particular piece.