Meissen Porcelain Four Seasons Figural Clock and Stand, the Rococo style clock of waisted form terminating in four scroll feet, with fully realized miniature urn of flowers to the crest, the four corners each with an applied youth symbolizing the four seasons, and the lower front panel painted with a luthier courting a lady in rustic environs, with scattered sprigs to sides and copious applied flowerheads and leaves in garlands to sides of clock face. Enamel clock face with metal hands and surround. Painted in polychrome enamels and gilding. Clock works with model number 5213. To base underside of clock, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, with one cancellation slice across, No. 399 incised, and 2. in gold enamel. The base with blue crossed swords, No. 512 incised.
{Approximate dimensions, the base: 5" H. x 13 1/2" W. x 9" D. The clock: 16 1/2" H. x 9 1/2" W. x 6 1/2" D.}.
Autumn right hand off and glued back on and overpainted, now missing the fingers, Minor losses to toes of right foot, minor losses to left largest toe, of Summer and her scythe broken off and glued back on. To clock and stand, losses to flower petals and leaves. Minor gilding wear, surface wear and scratches to both.
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Property from the Collection of Frances and Ronald Dutro. San Francisco. Ronald Dutro was born in Oakland and began his lifelong opera career as a teenager with the San Francisco Opera. Frances Thanash was born in Fresno, and was a highly regarded singer in her right. After Ronald Dutro won the American Opera Auditions in 1959, he made his European debut at La Scala, Milan, Italy. The Dutros ended up staying in Europe for twenty-five years, where Ron sang baritone roles. The last fifteen years of their Continental sojourn, the Dutros lived in Berlin, Germany. There, they entertained a large variety of singers, including David Bowie.
The Dutros returned to San Francisco in the 1980s, where they re-installed their notable Salon room, filled with Meissen and other Continental Porcelains, Art Nouveau and later cameo glass, and their large collection of artwork by German Artist Richard Muller. Ron Dutro died in in 2006, Frances died in 2020.
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