Featured 16" high alfred taube figurine who made these?

this is probably depicting Pierrot and Columbine from the musical of the 1920s there are a number of figurals that depict them. I think Nureyev was in the original. So these are very popular among collectors. they say the company is from Czech republic but did they make their own stuff or did they put their name on blanks from other companies? Like could this have been made by Royal dux? this is from a recent auction

 

"Musical of the 1920s? Not sure what you're referring to. Pierrot's origins date to the 17th century. Nureyev wasn't born until 1938 and first played Pierrot on stage in 1977. (Apologies for being pedantic.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot

Debora

 

As far as I'm aware Nureyev never appeared in a musical.
He did dance the role of Pierrot in the Glen Tetley ballet "Pierrot Lunaire", in which he wasn't dressed like this.

 

Nureyev in "Pierrot Lunaire":

 

Oh sorry I meant Nijinsky. My knowledge of ballet is sketchy at best. They jump around in tights dont they? Below are some similar figurals the first two are by Goldscheider the third one is one I sold on ebay a few years ago and I attributed to Schwarzburg. Its interesting to me how close they are to the one above and I think the one marked Taube is from the same time period, yes? So I guess they are all depicting some famous dance thing from this time period.

Here is a portion of my ebay listing for the Schwarzburg piece:


17" tall. PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF NIJINSKY AS HARLEQUIN AND FALKINA AS COLUMBINE FROM THE RUSSIAN BALLET LE CARNIVAL. Produced by Schwarzburg Workshop which is part of the Volkstedt area and used the same artists as Volkstedt. The piece is marked with the impressed running fox combined with impressed words: "Schwarzburger Werkstatten Porzellankunst". Mark used between 1909 and 1930. THe play was produced in 1910 and best guess is this piece dates from 1920-30

 

heres a Meissen version which dates from 1946-48

 

Nijinsky danced the part of Harlequin in Michel Fokine's ballet "Carnaval", although the part was usually danced by Fokine himself.

A rather crude comment imo, even if it was an attempt at being funny.
It is the same as saying Meissen figurines are lumps of clay. If you can't see the art and mastery in one, how can you see the art and mastery in the other?

 

It's a lovely figurine. Very high quality maker. I like the one you show of the lady with the green dress (on top) as well.

 

Nice quality. The woman’s face has a slightly art deco look so I imagine it’s 1930s or later.

 

Getting back to the original question. I couldnt decide whether to pull the trigger on this Taube piece or not. It sold 120 at the auction not counting fees. So I Passed. These other pieces have gone for a great deal more (you can look them up on worthpt). But I just couldnt be convinced this piece was of the same high quality as the others.

Hence my question of whether this piece was made by perhaps another more well known factory like Royal Dux or the like? what do others think?