PORZELLANFABRIK L. HUTSCHENREUTHER AG, Pair of galloping horses

porcelain, underglaze paints;
height approx. 29.5 cm, base 34.5 x 20.5 cm, length of composition approx. 55 cm;
Signed under-glaze print in chrome green: Hutschenteuther/Selb, in oval a lion stepping left and letters - LHS -, below in semicircle BAVARIA/ Abteilung für Kunst; circular paper sticker with embossed gilt inscriptions: W. WEITZ - HAMBURG - and a cup with stylized wings; square green paper sticker of the firm (Lorenz Hutschenreuther / A.G Selb (Bayern) / Abteilung für Kunst and handwritten in pen: 0993/2, Form / Dekor)
Germany, Selb (Bavaria), Porcelain Factory L. Hutschenreuther AG, Art Department, model: Max Hermann Fritz (1873-1948), 1930s.
On a low oval base a pair of freely galloping horses, supported by a clump of grasses (structural element).
A popular model by sculptor Max H. Fritz, who made some 70 figural art designs for the Art Department of the L. Hutschenreuther AG factory in Selb between 1927 and 1939. Sticker of Wilhelm Weitz's family company (founded 1848), specializing in the sale and distribution of high quality articles for the home (porcelain, glassware, art, tableware, household appliances), main branch (sales warehouse) in Hamburg.