Match Strike and Match Holder, Young Boy With His Catch of Rabbits

Porcelain : Decorative & Figurines : Match Strike, Tobacco, Smoking

 

Such a sweet porcelain figurine with an angelic face. This little guy has just come back from hunting and has two small rabbits over his shoulder and in the crook of his other arm he has two birds. He is barefoot, wearing rolled up blue pants with hand painted flowers. On his little blonde head is a lavender hat.

The figurine leans against a tree stump which forms the match holder and match strike. There are impressed marks on the bottom and as far as I can read them they are...4166...126...and an incomplete shield type mark. I am pretty sure that he is made in Germany because of the attention to detail in the painting and the style in which the facial features are painted.

He measures 5.5" tall and stands on a base that measures 3.75" long and 2.25" wide. He is in good condition although I do feel a rough place on the end of the "stick" that he has over his shoulder. I don't visually see it.

Item ID: ph1796