{"id":135,"date":"2016-09-18T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T16:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiquesreview.com\/info\/?p=135"},"modified":"2020-11-13T00:59:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T00:59:16","slug":"letter-to-the-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiquesreview.com\/info\/letter-to-the-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor – Figurines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was delighted to find your site and look forward to reading future issues. With this message is a picture of a pair of small figures which I inherited. I know they are at least forty years old but wonder if you could tell me anything about them? Are they likely to be valuable? I really don’t want to sell them but it might be silly not to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"oldpair\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Best of luck with your new publication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n

MG Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Name & email address supplied)<\/p>\n

Dear MG,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your contribution and best wishes.<\/p>\n

As far as I can see your figures appear to be hand painted, unglazed earthenware & I would guess are over a hundred years old – possibly continental. They do not strike me as being fantastically valuable and I would suggest that you keep them until you can get them checked by an expert.<\/p>\n

If there are any marks underneath, perhaps you could email a photo of them to me it may help to date the figures and show where they were made.<\/p>\n

If any one has more information, opinions or ideas, why not email me and I will post the info on this page.<\/p>\n

Ed<\/p>\n

Postscript<\/strong><\/p>\n

MG has emailed me a photo of the bases.<\/p>\n

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They appear to be made from an orange toned clay. I think they are German and date from about 1880. Sadly the value is still not high, but they are odd enough and old enough to be worth hanging onto!<\/p>\n

Ed<\/p>\n

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