Posted 9 years ago
vetraio50
(751 items)
A couple of weeks ago I went hunting in a new area north of the city and came across this little grotesque boy at a garage sale. It was an amusing design .... the woman who owned it was not sure of its purpose and for that matter nor was I !!!!
The open mouth reminded me of some grotesque ash trays that I've always lusted over but never had come across them in the wild. But the shape of this one suggested something other than an ash-tray ... how would you clean it?
The condition is very good. Not a chip anywhere. The enamel crisp and clean.
Tooth pick holder?
Match holder? (No striker on this one.)
Or is it for hat pins?
A pastille burner?
Still not sure.
On the back are impressed digits 7207.
I suspect it is an unmarked example by Schäfer & Vater. Thuringia, Germany .... Volkstedt. The firm was created by Gustav Schaefer and Guenther Vater in 1890. High quality porcelain .... rich with kaolin that produced a product with a velvety texture and very fine grain. The firm finally closed in 1962.
I wonder what it would look like with matches?
Odd ...
It has that Howdy Doody puppet vibe ...
Many thanks EYE4BEAUTY !!!!!
Captivating facial expression ... Strike the match in his eye ?
I'll have a look ....
I see what you mean about Scooby Doo ... in Australia we missed him.
I had another look at the cap .... Perhaps that was the striking surface ??
Howdy Doody ... Before my childhood, but a popular puppet character in the mid 1950s ?
But no freckles !!!!!
Mind you the neck scarf is there .... But different too.
It seems the German company did export to the U.S. Sears Roebuck & Company after 1910.
Match holders were before me also ... Would these be put out at a party ?
I suppose so. In a den, bar ... On the net you see some with matches out of their heads that are really bizarre. I'll have to buy a pack of matches and see what he looks like, LOL !!!!!
Many thanks GEODEGEM & MIKELV too !!!!!!!!
I love it and im jealous!!!
Simon's Uncle with beehive on head! Funerally handsome man! Hey Teacher, is funerally a word!???
Many thanks DON, RADEGRUNDER, ANTIQUEROSE, AGHCOLLECT, MANIKIN, VIOLETORANGE, BLUNDERBUSS & SEAN too !!!!!!
Funereally ????
it is very fun!!!!
Funerally handsome! Simon Sez! Let's contacy Webster's for new word!!!!
Hi Don, I think it's there already !!!!
Many thanks KAREN & RICK for the Loves and to SEAN & DON for the kind comments.
MEANS! How well they fix you up for showing!! After DEATH!!!
Yeah .... Botox for the Box !!!!!
Many thanks ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME & TONINO too !!!!!!!
Many thanks HO2CULTCHA !!!!!!!!
Many thanks MIKELV !!!!!
Many thanks KYRATANGO !!!!!!
Many thanks KIVATINITZ !!!!!!
Adore Schaffer and Vater, perhaps done with an old mold of them by a small company. Probably it is an exhibito for a shop like the publicity heads of Geniol here in Argentina http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-570055020-antigua-y-muy-rara-cabeza-geniol-_JM
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-577375159-carteles-antiguos-de-chapa-20x30cm-publicidad-geniol-va-001-_JM
I am clicking love for the intrigue ...
Many thanks EYE4BEAUTY & KIVATINITY !!!!
KIVATINITZ you've got the idea !!!!
Really great link thanks !!!!
This one is fun !!!
http://www.icollector.com/Schafer-Vater-German-Match-Holder-Scratch-my-Beard_i10105781
This one too ...
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7a/71/a8/7a71a8a9f2a638e33f65ab9d83f0a593.jpg
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/33346628_2-unmarked-schafer-and-vater-figural-hatpin-holders
here they say it is a hatpinholder
Thanks .... I saw that one .... It might well be used as a hat pinholes but in my opinion hat pins should be protected more with a cushion.
I agree with you Kevin. You know my son Ricardo collects Caroceros and he has the head of a black man in blue ceramicwith holes that has place for the sticks and the pits http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stories/FesTzgvEfejJkmz-3k9THA.jpg,
Caroceros ??? Got it ... Wax ... Cerillo ???
Match holders !!!
I like his collection too !!!!
Many thanks SKLO !!!!!!
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Many thanks TREY !!!!!!
Many thanks ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME !!!!!!
Many thanks NORDICMAN !!!!!!!
Many thanks INKY !!!!!!
Many thanks MCHECONI !!!!!!!
Many thanks DEANTEAKS !!!! !!!! !!!!
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Happy to oblige !!!
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