Antique Red Riding Hood porcelain figurine, Conta and Boehme 1870-1890 Ref. OR2
Conta and Boehme, a German company of Pössneck in Saxony, are possibly best known for their ‘fairings’ which they produced by the thousand, all to be sold on markets in England, and, later in the States. But, they also produced some lovely figurines, dolls, chinaware, tableware, tea-sets, cups and saucers and decorative porcelain which cannot be really classed as fairings. The company was established in 1790 and was still listed in the German trade directory in 1937 although the manufacture of fairings is believed to have stopped at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Always way ahead of their opposition, they had perfected production methods to such a high degree that no other factory could compete against them. And, they produced quality items, solid castings in a soft paste porcelain, superbly hand-painted, while their competitors produced hollow pieces with poorer decoration. In 1880, they exhibited at the Melbourne (Australia) Exhibition.
Prior to 1870, Conta & Boehme pieces were not marked. Examples produced after this time can be identified from either an impressed or raised mark depicting an enclosed shield decorated with a raised arm wielding a sword. From the 1890s, the shield mark was printed and the words Made in Germany were added to the base along with a four-digit impressed design number.
Charles Perrault 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories may have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm 200 years later.
Red Riding Hood shows the impressed number 2307 together with an impressed shield mark, but, without the “Made in Germany’' so it can be fairly well dated to between 1870 – 1890.The figurine stands 15cm high and is just on 6cm wide at the base. At her feet, we find the 'wolf'. She is in good overall condition with a small mark to the base having been restored. Some lack of gilding due to wear, but, no cracks or other chips
Please note, I am NOT a qualified archaeologist/antiquarian and the description I have given is based on research of the subject.
This is a genuine antique. The classification of an 'antique' is that it should be 100 years old, OR MORE. There are many articles being offered as 'antiques' when, clearly, they are not.
Price R550.00
Post R60.00
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