Help identifying this partial label on statue

So I purchased this large (nearly 20 tall) figural group with hunting dogs and stag. The tag said it was ceramic. There is a partial label on the bottom that all I can see is "raes, suc. a nova". Do you have any ideas? As always, thanks

 

Nova is new in Portuguese. Suc. is an abbreviation for surcusal or branch. Again in Portuguese.

Debora

 

The most likely town or city ending with raes is Guimarães.

Debora

 

Thank you Debora for the help.

 

Found it! The company's name is A Nova Decorativa (The New Decoration.) The address is Rua João Cabreira, 51 in Coimbra, Portugal. M.R.F. Guimarães is the owner. Here's blog where the company is mentioned. (In Portuguese. You can run it through Google Translate, if you wish.) The blogger writes that little is known about the company. And according to the blog, later labels would carry the name of Manuel Guimãres.

https://mfls.blogs.sapo.pt/78219.html

 

Oy my goodness...I would have never figured that out! Thank you!! I do believe this is clay. Gonna ask the moderator to move the thread if possible. But again...you have been so helpful

 

Thank you

 

I don't think terribly old. To my eye, label looks 1970s/1980s-ish.

Debora

 

Lamp base?

 

That would be cool but alas there is no other hole in it except for the underside of the base.

 

That's strange. I wonder what the purpose would be for the hole on the bottom then? Maybe another member knows of one.

 

I've relooked at that label and given it's design and the palette of your piece, think 1960s more likely.

Debora

 

Where is the bottom hole in relation to the stag's open mouth? Perhaps a brass rod went through it with a socket?

 

So there are these 2 holes in the bottom of the base. One would have been covered by the original label so maybe they are there for the manufacturing process or cooling.

 

The mouth is actually complete finished

 

For what it's worth, there IS some writing along the edge on the underside........... even if not too clear.....

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Succ. stands most probably for sucessor.