The artisans of B&G who make these figures, after the sculptors have done their work, are following a fantastically skilled process of mould blocking, casting, clay body recipe, glaze recipe, and fine decorating technique - each one hand painted by an artist in his own studio which bears no resemblance to a Far East sweat shop production line under a deeply hierarchical and oppressive culture (in my opinion). The devil is in the detail if only you allow your eyes to see the truth right there in front of them. B&G child figures are made by highly skilled sculptors at the very top of their profession who create to their own song, not to the whip of a Far East production manager baying for export dollars.
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However, our eyes do not deceive if we know what we are looking for. Your figures are in my opinion are mass-produced in post-war Japan without much thought in their design and production and are, literally, not worth anything (this is just an opinion because at the moment and we need some hard evidence of the mark origin - let's say this is the most likely origin of this mark - and has to be confirmed one way or the other). Job Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. Kids Figurines with Crossed Swords and 1859 by: Peter (admin) You can see virtually all Bing & Grondahl (B&G) marks by going to this specialist site. However, as an artist, I would not want my originals mistaken for their work. By the way, I have nothing against Japanese imports as such - their clever ceramic rip-offs of Hummel and other famous collectibles were very industrious and are an interesting point in history as they were building their post war economy to become the industrial power we know them as today. There are many different entries on Arnart within this site, just use the search function on the homepage to locate them. However, the markings and lack of quality of artwork are so similar in style to Japanese mass importer Artnart/Homco, they must be made by them in my view. So the only question is "who were the rip-off" merchants? They could be East German, made behind the iron curtain, and for me would compare with Lada cars in quality. Linda's figs look to be made in the style of (in homage to) B&G (or the Danish style) and are not flattered by the comparison.
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In my humble opinion, the artistry of the B&G sculpts are possibly some of the best decorative art I have ever seen (this is my professional opinion as a working sculptor). Please look below to compare and contrast. Below I have posted pictures of real Bing & Grondahl (B&G) Porcelain Figurines together with your figures from the original post Linda. Hi Guys Part of my job as moderator and admin to these forums is to keep everything on the straight and narrow. Please post comments below which you think might be helpful……Ĭomments for unidentified figurine pottery mark - crossed swords with oval hilts 'hand painted' and 1859īing & Grondahl (B&G) Porcelain Figurines by: Peter (admin) The following page is a 'must see' if you are researching fine china - for value and identification:- Researching the identity and value of antique and vintage fine china.
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= END UPDATE = Best regards Peter (Admin) p.s. For more information about Schneiders/Grafenthal, read my reply to Helen below. However, eventually, this mystery mark was identified by Helen as being Carl Schneiders/Grafenthal production in the GDR East Germany of post war 1950's Europe under the supervision of the ill-fated communist regime with all it's odd topsy-turvy production values. = UPDATE by Peter (admin) = This was a long debate as you can see by the lengthy posts below, which make very interesting reading. Knowledgeable contributors please try to help more with this one (check out the comments section below for replies). That is not to say Europeans are better at sculpting than Japanese or Chinese artists, far from it, but the standard of modeling shown on 1960's cheap imports tend to be inferior and stilted (they look like rushed jobs to me).