Definitely a hummel I found out but need exact model!?
Help indentifying my moms hummel goebel figurine!
My mom got a hummel figurine and I have posted a new question as the other people were unhelpful either providing wrong information and telling me its not a goebel which it definitely is, or giving vague info. All books she got don’t show it. It is not the traditional children figurine it appears to be a man, maybe a leprechaun. He has a small fragile ladybug on his knee and is under a toad stool or mushroom. It is numbered 7 on base, which in searches usually means the merry wanderer child, which this obviously is not. It also has a crown mark on bottom and V.X.35 with the crown mark and a number 7 and germany stamped. Pics of bottom of base and a straight on figurine pic are following.
Help my mom please, thanks in advance for any help!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7c…
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7c…
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc09b3127cceb33b11b9279800000026100AauXLFk2YuGIA
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cc09b3127cceb33b146d67d600000026100AauXLFk2YuGIA
ibgpaul. Is it not clear from my posting my question all over again that I did not want you in this thread?
Did you also have to infiltrate this one. Goebel hummel whatever, some help identifying it is what I want.
Vague links to sites that do not feature an image or info on my moms figurine are not helpful.
I am quite capable of searching the net on my own and have invested days on this and have links to hundreds of sites.
If info is supplied that does not identify the exact item I am talking about, then correcting me on goebel, vs hummel etc is not helpful. General sites with non specific info on my moms serve no purpose.
Please unless you have info to help me do not infiltrate this question again.
Great its not a hummel its a goebel, which one? whats its name? where can i get a picture? can you answer these? if not, please someone else, who doesn’t insult.
Hi to the person below asking for details on the figurine. If you re read my question above you will see that I said i have included photos of the figurine and the base in markings. Did you look at the photos under additional details?
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For the sake of your mother, please listen to someone that knows what they are talking about.
As I stated in my prior answer, this piece is NOT a hummel. That is why you can’t find it in the hummel guides/searches. If you followed the link I provided last time you would know that Hummel figurines were created based on the artwork of sister M.I. Hummel, who drew images of children, not leprechauns, gnomes or other people under mushrooms!
Your reason for thinking it is a Hummel is because of the trademark incised on the underside of the base. As I explained in my last answer, this is a Goebel trademark. It is used on Hummels, but it is also used on other Goebel brands that are not Hummels. All you can tell from this mark is that it is made by Goebel and is pre-1950.
The incised V.X.35 is the model number for the figurine you have. I still haven’t found a reference to this number that helps definitively identify it but I am attaching links to 2 websites that provide (non-Hummel) Goebel figurines for sale. You will notice that these figurines all bear the Goebel trademarks even though they are not hummels. Some of the listed items have numbers starting with V.X.
Note also that Hummel and other Goebel model numbers are always incised on the bottom, not printed. The ’7′ on your figurine is not a model number. I have a merry wanderer with an incised 7.
Wow! I just read the answers to the last time you asked this and nobody said it wasn’t a goebel. lbgpaul’s first answer was perfectly clear to me. Why would you ask a question and then dismiss good information. I’m surprised he bothered to reply again – way more patience than me!
Anyway, if you don’t like the prior answer how about this one:
It’s a hummel called “leprechaun rest time” and it’s worth $1.
Happy now?
the first thing – this is not a question for the sculpture page. This is more of a “collectibles” or antiques question, just so you will know.
Second, what are the markings on the piece – is it signed or dated anywhere besides the crown?
I would take it to an antiquities dealer specializing in German porcelain figurines.