Schlaggenwald Chinas Part II by Susan Moore Special Acknowledgement: I want to thank Mary Krombholz for her many years of friendship, support and help in researching and writing these articles.
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arked examples of Morning Glories have helped to solve the elusive question of the porcelain factory responsible for making an outstanding group of chinas formerly referred to as the “English-type� chinas. Many modeling and facial painting similarities point to the conclusion that they were made in Schlaggenwald by the Haas and Czjzak porcelain factory. Schlaggenwald Morning Glories have one modeling feature in common, a long, thin neck. From a distance, it is easy to pick a Schlaggenwald Morning Glory china from a group of other chinas because of the neck modeling, and shape of the shoulder heads that always contain three large sew holes. (Photo 1) Let us go back in time from the morning glory period and see dolls pictured in the Museum in Locket, Czech Republic, Photo 2. The smaller head is identical to the one shown here in Photo 3. As you view the front, back, sides and close up of the face, note the long slender neck modeling, the eye lid is painted over half of the pupil, the shape of the lower lip, two
1. Schlaggenwald Morning Glory, note tendrils and flowers are on the neck.
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