Name that person and mark.

I believe this is a lady but I’m not even sure of that lol. It has a mate that I haven’t unpacked yet. The mate may shed light on things but I’m posting prematurely anyway.

I can’t see much detail in the crown mark. Maybe someone knows it?

 

Look more like a young girl from here with bows in her hair

 

I did a word search for blanc de chine

Authentic Detailed Pair of Fine Porcelain Nymphenburg Busts Laughing Boy & Girl | eBay

 

Pr Nymphenburg Porcelain Boy Girl Busts Franz Bustelli German Blanc De Chine | eBay

 

Meissen style Porcelain White figurines Laughing Boy & Girl sculpture busts | eBay

 

The eyes of children and baby animals are closer to the nose than an adult so yes child but in a rather provocative dress.

 

Clothing typical of era as children (of a certain class) were dressed as mini-adults.

Debora

 

That be them! Thanks much for the find. I was thinking German. Mine are really nice but not quite as nice as that first pair. Those are pretty impressive. Funny how “classic” subjects can be repeatedly made by different firms. I wonder if I’ll be able to identify my mark. The boys mark will hopefully offer a bit more detail.

 

I have spend the last week sorting through paper goods and books at my late mother's cabin(luckily next door) and low and behold look what I found- a version of your girl in color. Unfortunately that item was not actually in the book just the cover.

 

What coincidental timing!I saw a painted one when I was looking around. I believe it was part of an institutions collection or something.

 

Similar to cover girl.

Debora

 

Yours may be a later copy of this:
https://www.artnet.com/artists/franz-anton-bustelli/kinderbüsten-another-pair-jKmBB7_WjyvNGjWpsL_9bQ2

Is there any trace of a signature near the base like this (a copy)?

 

That actually looks like the same mold as mine! The rest I’ve seen are all slightly different to quite a bit different. There’s no signature on mine. I unpacked the boy and his mark is equally lacking detail. Maybe they were made to be vague and blurry. They are definitely not cheap hatchet job modern copies. They are pretty nicely made but maybe the manufacturer didn’t have a recognized name.

 

Bustelli worked at Nymphenburg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Anton_Bustelli

That is not a Nyphenburg mark of which I am aware.

The signature I showed above was on a pair listed as "after" Bustelli, and it looks to me like that signature reads Pustelli. So it does seem the originals have been copied, and very closely.

 

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...-of-blanc-de-chine-busts-13--121-c-3814bc2a49

 

This pair is quite close to mine but no cigar. The flower on my girls hair is the easiest way I’ve been able to look and tell them apart. It’s simple and has a hole in the top. Your first post is the only I’ve seen that looked the same. There does seem to be a lot of different copies out there. All quite good that I’ve seen but all a bit different.