2824 - Collection of small mice

Collection of small mice Bavaria and Thuringia, first third of the 20th century, marked, some model number, naturalistic rendering in white porcelain, some with gold decoration and one with sparse overglaze painting, comprising a Zeh, Scherzer & Co. mouse on a curved plinth, model number 40, designed by Hans Ischinger in 1918; two ‘Mouse on a Ball’ pieces, model number 767, designed by Dorothea Moldenhauer in 1933/34 for Rosenthal; a Hutschenreuther mouse group, designed by Wilhelm Krieger in 1921; and a Metzler & Ortloff Ilmenau mouse, circa 1924, with subtle decoration; one ear previously repaired (group) or with a ‘flea bite’ (spherical mouse), otherwise in good condition for its age, height 5 to 8 cm.