Art Nouveau Ernst Wahliss Centre Piece Maiden and Cherub C1897

Stunning Centerpiece Circa 1897
Features delicate work depicting figures entwined in fishing nets with a lady on one side and a young boy the other
Pulling a fish net with a Cupid Entwined Within.
It bears the Ernst Wahliss crown mark used from 1897 to 1906.
The Ernst Wahliss manufactory was founded in Trnovany in the Czech Republic in 1863.
The business operated retail stores in London and Vienna where it sold Bohemian porcelain. In 1894 Ernst Wahliss bought the Alfred Stellmacher Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory, which was founded in 1859
48cm left to right and 31cm at highest point
Condition is excellent there may have been restoration done to the foot of the young boy to the left

Ernst Wahliss died in 1900 and in 1902 his sons, Hans and Erich, purchased about 600 moulds from the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna and began producing reproductions of Vienna porcelain. In 1905, Hans and Erich named the company Alexandra Porcelain Works Ernst Wahliss. In 1910 manufacturing turned almost exclusively to the design and production of faience wares.