Rare Bisque German Winter Girl Snowbaby Related Figure

Pre Snow Baby Heubach Style

Item: 123632
Circa Date: 1870-1890's
Period/Era: Late Victorian
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Seller: dkane1113 - Visit Store
Seller Status: Good
Ends: Sunday, April 4, 9:46 p.m. CDT
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Price $550.00

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Ending:	13 days, 11 hours (Sun Apr 4, 9:46 p.m. CDT)
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It is entitled "Winter". This figure depicts a little girl all bundled up with her hands in a muff. She has the sweetest face! <br> <br> The muff has some kind of sanded pebble effect and I think it is called salt glaze. It is definitely Heubach or Minton quality!<br> <br> I am unsure of the origin and feel it is probably German, French or English.</font></strong> <br> <p><br> </p> <div><font size="4"><strong>Another ebay seller kindly told me that this figure is very rare and is a possible predecessor or forerunner</strong><strong> to the popular snowbaby / snowbabies. </strong></font></div> <div><br> <strong><font size="4">It is a nice sized statue at about 11" tall. I can find no problems with her except a little bit of age related wear to the raised sandpaper or pebble like glaze on her muff. She looks right at home with my antique German and French doll collection. She is incised on the back"JW" 888.<br> <br> This unique figure will melt your heart!</font></strong></div> <p><br> </p> <div><u><strong><font color="#ff0010" size="5">Here is some interesting info I found up about snowbabies:</font></strong></u></div> <div><strong><u><font size="4"> </font></u></strong></div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="4">A traditional snow baby is made of unglazed porcelain (bisque) and shows a child dressed in a snow suit; the suit itself is covered in small pieces of crushed bisque, giving the appearance of fallen snowflakes. </font></div> <p><br> </p> <div><font face="Georgia" size="4">However, many other sorts of figures are typically associated with these snowy children: Santas, elves, and gnomes, carolers, animals such as penguins and polar bears, adult sledders and skaters, snowmen, and even houses and Disney characters. </font></div> <p><br> </p> <div><font face="Georgia" size="4">Christmas item collectors in the United States and Europe will sometimes decorate for the holidays using these figures to create winter scenes of varying degrees of complexity. </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="4">Although classical snow babies stand under 2 inches high and were often used in England as cake decorations, there are many variations. Some of the oldest types, made in Germany during the decade beginning about 1905, ranged from 4 to 13 inches tall and were carefully painted by master artisans. </font></div> <p><br> </p> <div><font face="Georgia" size="4">Other babies created during this early period were crafted with similar attention to detail. With the onset of World War I, production stopped; when it resumed sometime around 1922, the snow babies were more hastily made, less finely detailed in their porcelain and finish. Yet these newer pieces show children, Santas, and elves in remarkably imaginative poses: a child feeds a seal from a baby bottle; Santa drops toys from an airplane; two dwarves dance atop a psychedelic mushroom. The variations are nearly endless: one estimate puts their number at well over 2000.</font></div> <p><font face="Georgia" size="4">Just before World War II, Japan began to produce snow babies, though they were generally of a lesser quality than those made in Germany. 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Rare Bisque German Winter Girl Snowbaby Related Figure

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Monday, March 22nd 2010.

Rare Bisque German Winter Girl Snowbaby Related Figure

Pre Snow Baby Heubach Style

Price $550.00

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