Meissen, designed 1906, made soon after. Porcelain with polychrome underglaze painting. Crossed swords mark (2 incised lines), model no. 'X 123'. Base rep. H. 30 cm, 42 x 18 cm. - German sculptor. Studies at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, member of the 'German Werkbund'. Otto Pilz was predominantly an animal sculptor. As a free lancer of the Meissen porcelain manufactory he created between 1905 and 1912 numerous plaster models and he designed also for the Schwarzburger Werkstätten and Hutschenreuther. 1905 he also began to design numerous models for bronze sculptures, mainly animal sculptors for the interior and public space. Mus.: Berlin, Bröhan-Museum; Dresden, Skulpturensammlung; Frankfurt a.M., Museum für Angewandte Kunst inter alia. Lit.: Thieme/Becker 27, 1999, S. 49 Artist or Maker Pilz, Otto Notes Meissen, designed 1906, made soon after. Porcelain with polychrome underglaze painting. Crossed swords mark (2 incised lines), model no. 'X 123'. Base rep. H. 30 cm, 42 x 18 cm.