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<p>[QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2161814, member: 6283"]It is antique German bisque and was most likely made by a company named Sitzendorf. In 1884 the factory was bought by Alfred and Carl Wilhelm Voigt. Your piece was most likely made just after Voigt was in control of the company. They made pieces in bisque which was unglazed and matte like yours, and glazed porcelain pieces as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people call these pieces Dresden style bisque. Dresden wasn't a brand, but was a place in Germany that made lovely porcelain. A lot of Sitzendorf pieces have (most marks were blue in color) two parallel lines with another intersecting line crossing it as their mark. This mark was used from 1884-1902.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are examples of different style figurals they made:</p><p><br /></p><p>Bisque:</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPECTACULAR-ANTIQUE-SITZENDORF-VOIGT-DRESDEN-FIGURINE-GERMANY-MID-LATE-1800s/233565692742?hash=item366199a346:g:V4UAAOSwgrBdzIIf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPECTACULAR-ANTIQUE-SITZENDORF-VOIGT-DRESDEN-FIGURINE-GERMANY-MID-LATE-1800s/233565692742?hash=item366199a346:g:V4UAAOSwgrBdzIIf" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPECTACULAR-ANTIQUE-SITZENDORF-VOIGT-DRESDEN-FIGURINE-GERMANY-MID-LATE-1800s/233565692742?hash=item366199a346:g:V4UAAOSwgrBdzIIf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Glazed Porcelain (Has the same crossed lines mark as yours on the bases of these pieces):</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sitzendorf-Heavy-Porcelain-Figural-Hatpin-Display-Fairy-Applied-Flowers-C1890/283844359196?hash=item421671341c:g:JP8AAOSwdXhekhzc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sitzendorf-Heavy-Porcelain-Figural-Hatpin-Display-Fairy-Applied-Flowers-C1890/283844359196?hash=item421671341c:g:JP8AAOSwdXhekhzc" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sitzendorf-Heavy-Porcelain-Figural-Hatpin-Display-Fairy-Applied-Flowers-C1890/283844359196?hash=item421671341c:g:JP8AAOSwdXhekhzc</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-CHERUB-CUPID-ANGEL-MEISSEN-LETTER-HOLDER-SITZENDORF-DRESDEN-GERMAN/224012061392?hash=item342828cad0:g:CpoAAOSwzCFek2M9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-CHERUB-CUPID-ANGEL-MEISSEN-LETTER-HOLDER-SITZENDORF-DRESDEN-GERMAN/224012061392?hash=item342828cad0:g:CpoAAOSwzCFek2M9" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-CHERUB-CUPID-ANGEL-MEISSEN-LETTER-HOLDER-SITZENDORF-DRESDEN-GERMAN/224012061392?hash=item342828cad0:g:CpoAAOSwzCFek2M9</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2161814, member: 6283"]It is antique German bisque and was most likely made by a company named Sitzendorf. In 1884 the factory was bought by Alfred and Carl Wilhelm Voigt. Your piece was most likely made just after Voigt was in control of the company. They made pieces in bisque which was unglazed and matte like yours, and glazed porcelain pieces as well. Some people call these pieces Dresden style bisque. Dresden wasn't a brand, but was a place in Germany that made lovely porcelain. A lot of Sitzendorf pieces have (most marks were blue in color) two parallel lines with another intersecting line crossing it as their mark. This mark was used from 1884-1902. Here are examples of different style figurals they made: Bisque: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPECTACULAR-ANTIQUE-SITZENDORF-VOIGT-DRESDEN-FIGURINE-GERMANY-MID-LATE-1800s/233565692742?hash=item366199a346:g:V4UAAOSwgrBdzIIf[/URL] Glazed Porcelain (Has the same crossed lines mark as yours on the bases of these pieces): [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sitzendorf-Heavy-Porcelain-Figural-Hatpin-Display-Fairy-Applied-Flowers-C1890/283844359196?hash=item421671341c:g:JP8AAOSwdXhekhzc[/URL] [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-CHERUB-CUPID-ANGEL-MEISSEN-LETTER-HOLDER-SITZENDORF-DRESDEN-GERMAN/224012061392?hash=item342828cad0:g:CpoAAOSwzCFek2M9[/URL][/QUOTE]
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