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Antique Questions Forum / Meissen marking period help!

« on: May 08, 2010, 02:34:56 pm »

I am looking into buying a Meissen figurine, but I am confused as to what era it was made in. The seller states that it is from the 19th century, but I have never seen a Meissen marking like this before. Can anyone tell me about this? I will put a picture below. It also concerns me that it does not have the typical base that most Meissen have.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Kaiser Wilhelm II Meissen Figurine Question...

« on: April 09, 2010, 11:51:08 am »

Thank you so much!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Kaiser Wilhelm II Meissen Figurine Question...

« on: April 08, 2010, 03:47:39 pm »

Thank you for the help! In the item description the seller states that...
 "As best as I can determine, the figurine was produced by MEISSEN between 1924 and 1934.  On the bottom of the base you will find  the famous MEISSEN crossed swords.  Also, the number 688 is incised above the swords, as pictured below.  As for recent history, I purchased this item in Berlin, from an elderly East German couple, months after the wall fell in 1989."
 I will link some pictures of the item below. I really like this figurine, I'm just concerned about the fact that the marking was about 100years before his time.

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Antique Questions Forum / Kaiser Wilhelm II Meissen Figurine Question...

« on: April 07, 2010, 11:36:37 pm »

I have another Meissen question... I am looking into buying a Meissen figurine of Kaiser Wilhelm II. I am confused as to why the crossed swords marking at the bottom of the item is the same as the markings from around the 1763 era, when Kaiser Wilhelm II was not born until almost a century later. This is a picture of the marking on the bottom of the Wilhelm II figurine.

Can anyone tell me why the marking does not go along with the time that Wilhelm II was around?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Meissen "Lady at Bowls" by Walther Schott Question

« on: April 07, 2010, 11:24:56 pm »

Thank you for the help!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Meissen "Lady at Bowls" by Walther Schott Question

« on: April 07, 2010, 11:15:15 am »

Did messen produce a figurine that's name might be "Bowling  Lady" between 1815-1924 that's approx. 31cm high with incised number 40 on the base and the swords on the back of the figurine. If so, does anyone know the color of the ball that the woman is holding? I can't figure out if it's brown, or gold.

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Antique Questions Forum / Meissen "Lady at Bowls" by Walther Schott Question

« on: April 06, 2010, 11:25:27 am »

I was told that Walther Schott made two models of this figurine. One of them is 35-36cm in height, and Q108 is printed on the base. Does anyone know the height of the second smaller model, and what is printed on the base? Any help would be greatly appreciated.