Head in profile right.

Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German Writer and 1912 Nobel Prize Winner

Modeled by Ludwig Gies, Buderus Foundry

1957

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Bust.
Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with Minerva on one side and Hope with anchor on the other
Small porcelain bonbonnière in the form of a recumbent dog with brown spots and a pale yellow collar lying on a puce patterned oval pillow, the cover exterior painted with a dog stalking birds, the rim and cover rim with a hinged gilt metal mount.
Louis XVI mantel clock set with six plaques of soft-paste porcelain, each decorated with brightly colored enamels in imitation of jewels in a pattern of scrolls and foliage in green, turquoise, red, and gold on a white ground, the plaques fit into a plinth-shaped gilt-bronze frame flanked by four rock crystal Corinthian columns with gilt-bronze capitals and surmounted by draped urn finials, on top a large, central rock crystal classical urn draped with gilt-bronze garlands, the blue enamel clock face surrounded by a white enamel dial is mounted with two gilt-bronze classical figures with bells and mythological motifs, the base with scrolling foliage on four flattened bun feet