ROSENTHAL AG - Bahnhof subsidiary plant -Selb, Blacks serving turkey

porcelain, enamel paints (glossy and matte), gilding,
left hand index finger missing;
height 33 cm, base 4 x 18 x 8.5 cm;
Signatures: in relief cartouche in green chrome print: crown / two crossed roses / Rosenthal / Germany / horizontal line, imprint: H. MEISEL / 946 (model no.?); on the base at the back imprint: H. Meisel.
Rosenthal AG, Selb (Bavaria), Branch Plant Bahnhof -Selb (Kunstabteilung), pre-war model by Hugo Meisel, realization - mid-20th century.
On an elongated, rectangular, base, the figure of a Negro waiter, in a white loose costume and turban, serving a turkey on a tray supported by an arm. Sculptor and modeler Hugo Meisel (1887-1966) worked with the Bahnhof-Selb factory between 1737 and 1745; the figurine is a repetition - a reference to the artist's earlier designs from the period of his collaboration with Volkstedt and Schwarzenburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst in Unterweissbach.