Unmasking the Goldscheider Ladies
Goldscheider wall mask, lady with a fan, terra-cotta, curly yellow hair, pierced eyes, turquoise eyeliner, orange eyebrows and lips, impressed and printed marks, 10 1/4 in. h., $833.
Goldscheider Porcelain and Majolica Factory was founded in Vienna in 1895 by Friedrich Goldscheider (1845–1897). It produced decorative wares in Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles made of porcelain, earthenware, majolica and terra-cotta. Many were made for export. A recent sale by Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers of Essex, England, had 12 Goldscheider pottery masks picturing […]