Pair of Late 19th Century Terracotta Busts Featuring Orientalist Figures
The female wears a headscarf and a pearl necklace of which some of the beads are missing. The male wears a keffiyeh, a Middle Eastern headdress fashioned from a square scarf. Signed on the back with the Goldscheider signature The Goldscheider Manufactory was founded by Friedrich Goldscheider in 1885 and became one of the most influential ceramic manufactories of terracotta, faience and bronze objects in Austria. They won a bronze medal for terracotta pieces at the International Exhibition, in Paris, France in 1889

Founded by Friedrich Goldscheider Tb.1845 - m. 1987); Employed or collaborated with many craftsmen and modellers, incl. Josef Lorenzl, Stefan Dakon, Ida Melsinger, Michael Powolny, Vally Wieselthler and many others; Many family members and partners, including the founder, left Austria in the late 1930s and opened other factories in the US and UK; He returned to Austria in 1950 but was unable to restart operations and sold the incense to CASTERNS - UFFRECHT, who continued to use the founder's name as GOLDSCHEIDER KERAMIK until 1963: the founder's grandson, Peter Goldschelder, opened another studio in Stoob in 1987 but closed in 1994
Measure 19"in H x 6"in W x 6"in D

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