Please help me identify this figurine. My grandmother travelled to Europe several times in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and always came home with paintings, figurines, dolls and dishes as souvenirs. I have not been able to find any hints about what this might be or where it comes from. Inside the base there are two hand painted digits. The first one looks like an L but could also be C, I or 1. The second looks like a G but could also be an S or an 8. The figure reminds me of the rhyme “Bobby Shafto” but Google has not turned up any similar images. Thank you in advance for any help
Be sure to look at the bottom of all of them !! Though it is uncommon,, some may have a factory mark !! Many of these were made in bulk by known makers but were sold undecorated to other companies !! The decorators were paid by piecework so they had to mark the ones they did in order to get paid !! Sometimes its a number ( factories had as many as 30 artist decorators) but initials were most common !!
I used to buy these at Woolworths at anywhere from $.29 to $.59 and give them as Christmas gifts. Now many of these are collectable without markings !! I bought the cutest silver poodle with two puppies on tiny chains one year !! Now I see them selling on ebay !!
