Lady Fancies, Part I. Half Dolls, Bathing Beauties and More
The Private 50-Year Collection of Hanne Büktas of Vienna, Austria - Half Dolls, Tea Cozies, Pincushion, Bathing Beauties and Other Lady Figures. This extraordinary collection of more than 700 rare French and German pieces spans 1900-1930s and features classic ladies of elegance as well as Art Deco and Art Nouveau themed figures of women. Many are presented as waist-up figures, while others have original pincushion or tea-cozy attachments, and still others form into delightful powder puffs, candy box lids, or bibelot boxes. The collection will be offered in two parts. Softbound. 9" x 10". 128 pages.
$55.00
Catalog Lot List details
5" (13 cm.) Waist-up porcelain figure of brown-haired lady with hair drawn back into coiled chignon, with little curls at the forehead, sculpted shawl with transfer-patterned shawl and blouse, posed with her arms folded. Excellent condition. Germany, Goebel, circa 1910, from their rare Volkstrachten series.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$350
8" (20 cm.) Porcelain lady standing in sideways pose on self-base, her right leg on a foot stool as she lifts her skirt to reveal her shapely leg, and her torso bent forward to reveal her ample bosom, with very elaborately sculpted and painted costume of the late 18th century including three-feathered bonnet. And with unusual hinge at the bustle which when lifted reveals her bare derriere. Marks: (blue intertwined letters L enclosing small letter S stamp). Excellent condition. French, Samson of Paris, circa 1900, the firm was noted for re-creating works of earlier famed French porcelain firms, this example their version of a notable Sevres work.
Presale Estimate:
500/700
Realized Price:
$1,100
7" (18 cm.) Waist-up porcelain lady, her head turned to the side and downward, with sculpted brown hair in elaborate long flowing curls beneath a side-perched brown bonnet with wide-brim and large orange bow and with a yellow band and bow on the back, with low-bodice blouse with raised scallop edge collar, gathered sleeves, yellow bow, arms modeled away and clutching a rose. Marks: (N over crown blue stamp). Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1915, Aesteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrick, a rare large size of the elaborately-sculpted half-doll.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$450
10" (25 cm.) Waist-up porcelain nude half-doll posed with arms widely-outstretched, sculpted light grey curly hair with Dresden flowers, daintily-posed hands, muslin lower torso and upper legs, porcelain lower legs with blue painted slippers, costume. Excellent condition. Dressel & Kister, circa 1910, depicting the famed 18th century Parisian ballerina known as La Camargo who is known for introducing the ballet slipper, replacing the heeled dancing shoe.
Presale Estimate:
500/700
Realized Price:
$450
14" (36 cm.) overall. 6 1/2" doll. Waist-up porcelain half-doll depicting an aristocratic lady with sculpted grey hair in elaborate 18th century style, sculpted and painted golden blouse with scalloped-edging, her arms extended holding a folded fan in her right hand and a single Dresden rose in her left, attached to original padded pincushion with golden silk overlay skirt. Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1915.
Presale Estimate:
300/500
Realized Price:
$250
6 1/2" (17 cm.) Waist-up porcelain woman with grey sculpted hair curled under the edged of a blue wide-brimmed bonnet trimmed with extravagant yellow bow and with pink streamer ties, grey down-glancing eyes, sculpted brown jacket with fur trim and yellow lapels and cuffs. Marks: (blue crossed arrows stamp). Excellent condition. French, Locre, circa 1910, the figure appeared in an early company catalog as model 13968 identified as "Charles I La Merveilleuse" from a series of dolls representing women of specific periods of French history, this particular model depicting a woman in costume of the Charles X era of early 1800s.
Presale Estimate:
900/1300
Realized Price:
$850
6 1/2" (17 cm.) Waist-up porcelain woman with grey/brown sculpted hair in side curls and with looped topknot decorated with a fancy gilt-edged hair comb, brown side-glancing flirty eyes, sculpted low-bodice blue blouse with three pink bows, sculpted and painted gold bead necklace with locket. Marks: (blue crossed arrows stamp). Excellent condition. French, Locre, circa 1910, the figure appeared in an early company catalog as model 13969 identified as "Louis-Philippe La Grisette" from a series of dolls representing women of specific periods of French history, this particular model depicting a flirtatious woman from the Louis-Philippe era of early 1800s.
Presale Estimate:
900/1200
Realized Price:
$1,200
5 1/2" (14 cm.) The porcelain vignette depicts a young girl with brown flowing curls and colorful costume playing with her doll, as though teaching the doll to walk, while a young lad stands alongside watching her; both figures have elaborately-sculpted and painted costumes of many patterns. Marks: (blue stamp). Excellent condition. Germany, Dressel & Kister, circa 1910.
Presale Estimate:
300/400
Realized Price:
$450
9" (23 cm.) overall. 4 1/2" half-doll. Waist-up porcelain figure of 18th century lady with brown sculpted hair drawn under her ruffled cap, blue throat ribbon, sculpted costume with low bodice yellow blouse revealing ample bosom, her right arm extended holding a rose and her left arm cradling a basket filled with a wonderful variety of Dresden flowers, attached to original silk-covered pincushion with silk overskirt. Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1910.
Presale Estimate:
500/800
Realized Price:
$550
7" (18 cm.) Waist-up porcelain half-doll, her head turned demurely, with sculpted brown hair in elaborate long flowing curls onto her shoulders beneath a small cap with gilt-edged pink ruffle decorated with three yellow, red, and blue feathers and a gilt comb, with low-bodice blouse edged with white ruffle, magenta sleeves with orange cuff bows, arms modeled away and clutching a rose. Marks: (N over crown blue stamp). Excellent condition. Germany, circa 1915, Aesteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrick, a rare large size of the elaborately-sculpted half-dolls.
Presale Estimate:
400/600
Realized Price:
$2,000