Pair of beautiful porcelain figurines from Germany.

1. Realistic figurine of sweeper boy with dog. Made by famous Thuringian manufacturer, hereditary porcelain maker Karl Ens.

Hallmarks: KE dark-blue, technical numbers cut.

His father, Karl Ens the Elder, founded own manufactory in 1860. Karl-son opened his own factory in 1899 and quicky gained a reputation of high-quality items manufacturer. Since 1919 the manufactory had been run by one of sons, Karl. In 1972 the company was nationalized and merged with other well-known German porcelain producer Sitzendorf.

Height 20.5 cm/ 8.07 in

2. Figurine of a boy in bright clothes. Made by Dressel, Kister & Co from Passau.

The hallmark with crowned L appeared in 1900s, when the business was purchased by Rudolf Lenck. Since that time for around 3 decades the company was governed by Lenck family – Rudolf Lenck, Wilhelm Lenck and Lina Lenck - before joining Älterste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufactur.

Hallmarks: crowned L blue (period 1900-1922), cut technical numbers with colour.

Height 23.5 cm/ 9.25 in

The condition is very good, with traces of age. Basket of Karl Ens figurine hand has a small lose of handle. Dressel, Kister & Co figurine has loses of fingers (also small glue traces on around) and traces of antique high quality restoration on legs (hardly noticeable, there are tiny chips around), tiny lose on base. See photos for more details.

Attributed by French auction house (photo is attached)

Total weight of lot app. 1 kg/ 35.27 oz

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