Bellflower figurine

 

Prague, Bohemia, design by Ernst Popp, after 1852

 

Glazed porcelain

H: 12.4 cm

Unsigned

UMP 7435

 

In 1852 Ernst Popp started working on a “language of flowers” series modelled on designs in Les fleures animéespublished in Paris in 1847 and featuring engravings by Charles Geoffroy based on drawings by Jean Gérard (J. J. Grandville).