""refugee Monkey Family In America", Antique Terracotta Relief By The Carl Wahliss Factory"
Ancient terracotta relief created ca. 1900-1920 on the famous Austrian porcelain and ceramics factory of Carl Ernst David Wahliss (1837 Sachsony -1900 Vienna), who had factories in Turn_Teplitz and Vienna, probably by his sons Hans and Erich, who took over the paternal business in 1905 , the manufactory had trade in London, England and Vienna.
This terracotta relief has a very interesting subject bearing witness to this era and humorously showing a family of monkeys from Morocco at the cafe and reading the advertisement about emigration to America by sea from Spain.
Literature: Anton Kreuzer Kärntner Biographische Skizzen, 12.-20. Jahrhundert, Klagenfurt 2001, S. 89-92; online: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ernst_David_Wahliss
Inscription: pressed mark "Made in Austria, Wahliss, Turn-Wien".
Technique: Relief in colored terracotta.
Dimensions:w 54 x h 42cm.
Condition: very good.