Hello, I am currently cleaning out my great Aunt’s house who was an avid collector of Dresden figurines among many other figurines, lamps, etc. I don’t want to throw them on eBay, nor do I want to sell them at the estate sale. Do you have any tips or recommendations on how to sell these to someone who would value and appreciate them?
Thanks in advance!
Thank you for the pictures, these really help.
Before we get started some general info on “Dresden” items. Real “Dresden” is a certain floral decoration taught at the Dresden School of Art and all decoration studios in Dresden. Due to the fire hazard of larger kilns there were no porcelain producers in Dresden, only decorators and decoration studios. Required whiteware therefore had to be purchased elsewhere, often from producers in Bavaria or Thuringia. Porcelain lace items were of course produced in Bavaria but most laced items were purchased from producers in Thuringia. The term “Dresden lace” is therefore misleading as it has nothing to do with Dresden itself or the typical Dresden decoration, nor was it even produced there.
The producer of these shown items is [b]Höffner & Co.[/b] (non-Umlaut spelling [b]Hoeffner & Co.[/b]) located in the city of Sandizell, Bavaria, and therefore not located near or in Dresden city (which is in Saxony). All marks are based on one general mark type which was (next to another mark) valid 1951-1960; those with WESTERN GERMANY addition were used 1956-1960.
