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Porcelain lady on sofa signed

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by billyd3us, Dec 16, 2017.

  1. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    samsung phone pics 2016-17 980.jpg samsung phone pics 2016-17 983.jpg samsung phone pics 2016-17 982.jpg This porcelain lady on porcelain sofa is made by Jenny, but who is Jenny, done 1975 or 1875, only says 75.

    Thank you

    Billy D.
     
  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Think maybe a Jenny signed off on the pottery but a Jerry may have done the painting? Think 1975 more likely, because of the condition & the way the signatures are done. My eyes are giving me ambiguous information as to whether the dress is ceramic or fabric?
     
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  3. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    The dress is fabric with glaze stiffness or whatever you call that. This is porcelain though.
     
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  4. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    There is hobbyist poured porcelain. It is very time consuming as opposed to the usual ceramic pieces. IMHO this is a hobbyist piece from 1975.
     
  5. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Oh bummer. .
     
  6. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Porcelain is particularly refined ceramic & ceramic is a fancier word for pottery. Jenny may have thought of herself as a ceramicist rather than a potter, although think pottery people will say this is molded or slip cast or something.

    Fun fact to know & tell: the word porcelain comes from the Italian for a cowrie shell, 'porcellana', little pig.
     
  7. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    I have a neighbor who used to have a kiln and fancied herself above people pouring ceramics because she was pouring porcelain years ago. She has told me more times then I care to recount the process in glowing detail. What I gathered was the only real difference between the two is that the porcelain slip is as near thin as milk and the mold has to poured a hundred or so times as opposed to the thick ceramic slip which is poured a few times.
     
  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Porcelain clay is kaolin, a special fine white clay, which can be worked very thinly and is fired at higher temperatures than 'regular' pottery.
    Stoneware is fired at an even higher temperature.
     
  9. CheersDears

    CheersDears Well-Known Member

    She is rather charming, billyd.
     
  10. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    I think they both say Jenny.
     
  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    me too.......& if it is a hobby piece......to my eye it's super well done !!
    looks professional !
    the attention to detail...is ...well.....superb..
     
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  12. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    That looks a nice piece. I do not discount the hobbyist theory but it could also be an early model for a production piece for a pottery. They were made by the modeller and then fired and decorated. Also firms such as Franklin mint and danbury mint used to commission figures, which had to be modelled for approval/sign off. Early stage figures would not be backstamped, I bought some unmarked bisque porcelain figures direct from a pottery in the 80s.

    The lace decoration reminds me of Dresden figures (and Irish Dresden) but that may be a red herring
     
  13. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Thank You, very good info...Happy Holidays
     
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  14. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Can't see her face too well.
    Made me think of Jacqueline Kennedy.
     
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  15. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Here you go, little bit blurry because using a cheap camera. 062.JPG
     
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  16. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    Everything about that piece screams professional except the mark. I think rhiwfield is probably on the right track. It would be great if it could be found to have been put into production. Such figures are not my area of interest but I don't forget much I have seen either and I don't think I have ever seen anything with a chair like that though.

    You are in California aren't you Billy? It might not be far from it's place of origin. I wonder what company in California might have been doing stuff like this in the 70's?
     
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  17. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    Last edited: Dec 19, 2017
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  18. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Yes, I am in southern california. Thanks for this information, I will check it out.
     
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