`VINTAGE` ORIGINAL (FRIEDEL BAVARIA MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY) FLOWER GIRL FIGURINE HAND PAINTED

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VINTAGE FRIEDEL GERMANY FLOWER GIRL ORIGINAL FIGURINE HAND PAINTED. NOTE: THIS FRIEDEL IS HARD TO FIND!!! IT FEATURES A GIRL IN AN BONNET CARRYING A BASKET AND FLOWERS.

AMI KOESTEL (1907 - 1986) ORIGINAL DESIGNER - ANNEMARIE (CALLED AMI) FRIEDEL WAS BORN ON MAY 27, 1907 IN BAYREUTH, GERMANY. DURING THE POOR POST - WAR PERIOD SHE MANUFACTURED FIGURINES OF ANGELS FOR HER OWN ENJOYMENT, SOMETIMES ALSO AS OBJECTS FOR BARTERING FOR MILK AND BREAD, BUT MOSTLY AS GIFTS FOR FRIENDS. AFTER ENCOURAGEMENT BY HER FRIENDS, AMI KOESTEL PRESENTED HER ANGEL FIGURINES FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE TRADE FAIR AT DORNBIRN, AUSTRIA, IN 1952, FOLLOWED BY SUCCESSIVE EXHIBITIONS IN NUREMBERG AND FRANKFURT.

THE "KOESTEL - ANGEL" WAS BORN AND HENCE A PROFESSION WAS CREATED FOR A HOBBY. OCCUPATION RESULTED IN TURN FOR MANY WOMEN IN THE ISNY AREA. AMI KOESTEL PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1986. YOU CAN FIND SOME KOESTEL ANGELS, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND INDIVIDUAL COLLECTORS TO GET THE FRIEDEL FIGURINES.

SIZE: 

HEIGHT - 15CM

WIDTH - 11CM

DEBTH - 6CM

CONDITION: 

EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACK OR CRAZING ON THE FIGURINE ITSELF. THERE ARE HEARLINE CRAZING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIGURINE. (PLEASE SEE PICTURES)

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