Featured Please id&date a ceramic/porcelain figurine marked A with crown

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Gianluca72, Nov 4, 2018.

  1. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

    Hello friends,

    i'd like to id and date this pretty ceramic/porcelain figurine, marked A with crown

    Height cm 32
    Weight : g 917

    it's still dusty, I have not cleaned it yet to show the natural state of preservation.

    Thanks to you all

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  2. Silverhuntress

    Silverhuntress New Member

  3. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

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  4. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Most likely it is a Japanese import made to look like German porcelain.
    Two clues. The Crown A is not under the glaze, it is over the glaze. That would mean it is the decorators mark, may or may not be the maker of the mold.

    Also notice the remnants of a paper label. Oval and just the right size for "Made in Japan" stickers that were around in the 50s and 60s.

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  5. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    @Gianluca72
    I'm curious. If you don't mind my asking. You have been showing some very nice items. Many from the mid 1900s. Are you clearing out a house?

    If you are planning on selling some of these items. I really recommend that you start washing them. They will look better, you will get higher prices for clean items, and while washing you will discover any damage.

    If you are selling on ebay or somewhere similar, it helps to disclose any damage. You want to have a good reputation. You don't want to loose a sale or take items back because you didn't disclose damage.
     
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  6. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    It just occured to me the crowned A may also be an importer's mark and not the decorator.
     
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  7. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

    thanks for your tips, you're really welcome, and i'm just a seller that is learning from you all :)
    Yes i sell on Catawiki always , but not on ebay .
    I want to clean this figurine and offer you back :)

    "Are you clearing out a house?" lol no, monthly i buy many elements next Italian Auction House and online AH (porcelain, ceramic, bronze, silver, metalware, stoneware, curio, etc.) and then after coming back in the house slowly slowly i try to catalog them, and needing a description, daily i disturb you all asking to help me :) id and dating them, just to offer a nice description for my offered lots .
    It's my "second" job, a passion, started 3-4 months ago.

    I was sick with numismatic before, but slowly slowly i'm expanding my interest also next antiques and curio.
     
  8. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Ok then, I was just being nosy.

    We're glad to help anyway we can. So keep posting your inquiries, you are not disturbing us.

    And you pick up interesting items.
     
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  9. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

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  10. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    If you go through the entire thread there, you see the person asking the question is from Devon, not the porcelain. They eventually attribute it to an importer, Alfretto.
     
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  11. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

    here are the pictures of the cleaned figurine :)
    i post them sure that you'll all like them .
    actually it's much nicer to see for a sell, thanks.
    Unfortunately I realize now that the final part of the thumb of the right hand is missing :-(
    However, I will try to put it on sale pointing out this little defect.

    I think I'm a little stupider than usual, today.
    @clutteredcloset49 @janetpjohn @i need help @Silverhuntress
    I forgot to ask you which character is represented, from your point of view? It has a particular costume, a hat, I would like to know what character can be, given its elegance.

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  12. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

  13. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    I’m seeing similar as “ vintage colonial man figurine” or some such description. Google that term and see results.
     
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  14. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

    Yes ! He's a colonial man :) you're right ! Thanks a lot, now i can start my description :cat:
     
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  15. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    :) Your Welcome.
     
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  16. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Is @LeftonGuy still around? This might be his bailiwick.

    That bit of fencing behind him... structurally important but incongruous for a Continental piece.

    I'd tend to think Japan as well.
     
  17. Gianluca72

    Gianluca72 Well-Known Member

    Thanks for your comment :)
     
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