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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;flilot, post: 315610, member: 6401&quot;]Thanks both for your replies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The thickness of the paint is hiding some of the finer modelling on the piece (including the fingers on the hands and dress), so I do maintain that it is well modelled, and the quality of the porcelain is definitely there, as said, as good as fine English porcelain from Royal Worcester, Royal Doulton and their ilk, and definitely not, I would say, on a par with Far Eastern cheaply produced modern items.</p><p><br /></p><p>I perhaps should have prefaced my post by saying I have dealt in porcelain and collectables for many years here in the UK, and you just get to know by feel, weight (this piece is quite heavy in a reassuring way), and quality of the features, and glazing of porcelain (even in the absence of any marks), if it is modern, cheaply and crudely made in the Far East, or, if a it has a bit of age and quality to it.&nbsp; This does have the latter.&nbsp; Can be hard to observe in photographs. The paint is certainly doing it a disservice. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, the piece is fully glazed under the paint, leading me to think it was purchased &quot;in the white&quot;, sometimes called &quot;blanks&quot;, and sold for painting elsewhere , many fine porcelain companies did this, including ones in England, France and Germany. I was hoping someone had seen the same or similar model of figurine before, and possibly point towards a factory. My knowledge is telling me English or European manufacture, but happy to be proven wrong![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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