FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897)
Judith, with a decorated belt , a wrist bracelet
Polychrome terracotta
Height: 100 cm
Private collection
The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around
Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen
for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes
with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she
slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites.
Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a
drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful
countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is
saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of
her life. More
on The Book of Judith
Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica
Factory is an Austrian ceramic manufacturer.
In 1885,
Friedrich Goldscheider came from the Bohemian city of Pilsen to Vienna and
founded the Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica Factory. It became
one of the most influential ceramic manufactories of terracotta, faience and
bronze objects in Austria, with subsidiaries in Paris, Leipzig and Florence.
For over half a century, Goldscheider created masterpieces of historical
revivalism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Famous
artists such as Josef Lorenzl, Stefan Dakon, Ida Meisinger and the two perhaps
best known Austrian ceramic artists (Michael Powolny and Vally Wieselthier)
worked for Goldscheider. Several of the artists who worked for Goldscheider
also worked for other Viennese studios, such as Augarten, Keramos or for the
German brands Rosenthal and Meissen.
The
Goldscheider family migrated in 1938 to the United Kingdom and USA. Walter
Goldscheider started a new factory in Trenton, New Jersey, and returned to
Vienna in 1950. Marcel Goldscheider went to Stoke-on-Trent and produced
figurative ceramics for Myott, and he opened his own studio in the 1950s in
Hanley. Both brothers died in the early 1960s.
More than 10,000 different models were created over a
period of three generations. Since the very beginning, many of these won first
prizes and gold medals at innumerable world fairs, exhibitions and trade
fairs. More
on Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica Factory
FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897)
Judith, wearing a
snake bracelet on the wrist and a saber at her back
Polychrome terracotta
Height: 89 cm
Private collection
Judith, see above
FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897), see above
FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER, (1845-1897)
Rebecca, leaning on her jar
Polychrome terracotta
Height: 64 cm
Private collection
Abraham
went about finding a wife for his son Isaac. He commanded his servant to
journey to his birthplace of Aram Naharaim to select a bride from his own
family, rather than engage Isaac to a local Canaanite girl. Abraham sent along
expensive jewelry, clothing and dainties as gifts to the bride and her
family.
The servant devised a test in order to find the right wife for Isaac. As
he stood at the central well in Abraham's birthplace with his men and ten
camels laden with goods, he prayed to God: "And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I
will give thy camels drink also" — Genesis 24:14
To his
surprise, a young girl immediately came out and offered to draw water for him
to drink, as well as water to fill the troughs for all his camels. Rebecca
continued to draw water until all the camels were sated, proving her kind and
generous nature and her suitability for entering Abraham's household. The
servant immediately gave her a golden nose ring and two golden bracelets. After
hosting the party overnight, however, the family tried to keep Rebecca with
them longer. The servant insisted that they ask the girl herself, and she
agreed to go immediately.
As Rebecca and her entourage approached Abraham's home,
they spied Isaac from a distance in the fields praying. Seeing such a
spiritually exalted man, Rebecca immediately dismounted from her camel and
asked the accompanying servant who he was. When she heard that this was her
future husband, she modestly covered herself with a veil. Isaac brought her
into the tent of his mother Sarah, married her, and loved her. More on Rebecca
FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897), see above
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