Antique Pre-WWI Royal Dux Bohemia Shepherd with Flute Figurine for Sale

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Antique Pre-WWI Royal Dux Bohemia Shepherd with Flute Figurine For Sale

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Antique Pre-WWI Royal Dux Bohemia Shepherd with Flute Figurine:
$199.95

Antique Pre-WWI Royal Dux Bohemia Shepherd with Flute Figurine. This statuette measures 14-1/2" in Height x 4-3/8" Width x 4-7/8" Depth. It weighs 4 pounds. Description:This piece is among a group of the highest quality antique and vintage Royal Dux figurines. There is incredible detail shown throughout from the sheep's wool to the shepherd's hair and his strap sandals. Even the faces of sheep are worked out in detail and skin tones are excellent. See photos.Maker's Mark:Thishas the Royal Dux Bohemia Pink Triangle Mark, and an impressed number '135' and the number 17 on the base's rim. See photos. Company History: , Duxer PorzellanmanufakturorDuxPorcelain Manufactory, was started in 1860 by Eduard Eichler in what was then Duchov, Bohemia. The high quality pottery and porcelain figures produced there are now generally referred to by the abbreviated name, "Royal Dux." From 1860 to WW II, ca. 1939, the company operated under the original name Duxer Porzellanmanufaktur, commonly called Royal Dux. After WW II, around 1946-47, the factory was nationalized by the Soviet Union and renamed Duchosvsky Porcelain. Royal Dux introduced one of the most distinctive marks ever placed on porcelain, a raised triangle of pink clay. All factory-applied pink triangles–whether from the 19th, 20th or 21st century–are made from a separate piece of pink clay. The pink clay is applied to the base of Royal Dux white clay bodies. The two separate pieces are fused together during firing. There is virtually never the slightest seam or gap between the pink clay of the triangle and the white clay of the piece to which the triangle is applied. Before WW I, pink triangles were generally, but not always, left in a bisque, or unglazed, finish. Most Art Nouveau figures in matte glaze, for example, usually have bisque triangles. This figurine has an unglazed pink triangle. Following the end of WW I, Bohemia, the home of Royal Dux, was united with Slovakia and Moravia to form a new nation, Czechoslovakia. This change was reflected in the phrase "Made in Czechoslovakia" which appeared in Royal Dux marks around 1919 (Figs. 7-9). The letter E continued to be impressed in the center of the pink triangle and "Royal Dux Bohemia" impressed around the oval. More figurines from this era seem to have a higher gloss glazed finish than the pre-1919 bisque/matte pieces. This figurine has no Czechoslovakia marks.Condition:There is one small blemish on the shepherd's wrap and the lower sheep has it's left ear tip broken off. Both of these flaws have to be examined closely to see. See photos.