Unique Antique 2 Small Porcelain Collectible Figurines - Schafer & Vater

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Unique Vintage 2 Small Porcelain Collectible Figurines - scholar men - Oriental

9cm tall x 10cm long x 7cm wide

 and second figurine 8cm x 9cm x 6cm

Very good vintage condition some colour faded

The figures are marked - the sign is for Schaefer (or Schäfer) and Vater of Rudolstadt, Germany. The crown is above a nine-pointed star with an R for Rudolstadt in the middle. The marks aren't always 100 percent clear.

 

HISTORY: The company was founded by a Gustave Schaefer and Guenther Vater in Germany in 1890. By 1896 the business was so successful that they were able to expand to the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus.

The company aimed at producing high-quality items in hard-paste porcelain - and it made luxury items, including figurines and dolls' heads. They also produced a range of soft-paste porcelain items such as small liquor bottle which were distributed in pubs etc.

Schafer & Vater were better known for their comical and figural items. They manufactured these in teapots, jugs, creamers, bottles, match strikers, and planters, with a backstamp impressed with a crown above an 'R' in a star. 'Made in Germany' was sometimes stamped in black. Occasionally, Schafer & Vater pieces appear without any stamps or reference to their origin, but they are easy to recognise due to their characteristics and unique craftsmanship and unusual design.

Their wonderful novelty figures were always very popular in the States - and by 1910 the American firm of Sears Roebuck & Co began to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery items.

In 1913 Paul Schafer had taken over from his father and, working alongside Gunther Vater, built up a successful workforce of around 200 people. In 1918 the factory was destroyed by fire and they set up a new factory to resume production.

Sadly, the firm closed in 1962 and in1972 the East German government assumed full control of the vacant factory and their records and moulds were destroyed - so no further figures could be produced.

  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Very good vintage condition some color faded
  • Size: Small
  • Department: Adults
  • Modified Item: No
  • Boxed / Unboxed: Unboxed
  • Collector Ornaments Options: Figurines
  • Ornament Type: Collector Ornaments
  • Material: China/ Porcelain, Porcelain
  • Type: Figurine
  • Subject: Men
  • Finish: Antique
  • Collection: Ornaments
  • Occasion: All Occasions
  • Brand: Schafer & Vater

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