Antique Figurines

New World Figurine Project, Volume 1 (New World Figurine Project)

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Thirteen technical essays analyze American figurines, illustrated

Not Just a Pretty Face: Dolls and Human Figurines in Alaska Native Cultures

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Now in a full-color second edition, Not Just a Pretty Face is an engaging exploration of the role of dolls and doll making in Alaska Native cultures. From ancient ivory carvings to the thriving tourist market, dolls and human figurines have played integral parts in the ritual, economic, and social lives of Native Alaskans. Dolls served as children’s playthings, represented absent community members at ceremonies, and predicted the movements of game animals for shamans. Not Just a Pretty Face surveys these and other uses of dolls and figurines, illustrating in beautiful color photographs the diversity of the doll-making tradition in Eskimo, Athabaskan, and Northwest Coast Native communities.
Authors explore the ethnographic literature, twentieth-century oral histories, and photographic documentation of dolls and the doll-making process. Contemporary doll makers explain, in their own words, how they learned to make dolls and what doll making means to them. The second edition features a photo essay on Rosalie Paniyak of Chevak, one of the most influential doll makers in Alaska today.
Not Just a Pretty Face provides a panoramic view of an ancient tradition and situates the art of doll making within a contemporary context. Scholarly, yet accessible, Not Just a Pretty Face is a lively contribution to the literature on dolls, anthropology, and Native studies.

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"The exhibition of 'Not just a pretty face,' which opened at the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks in June 1999, celebrates the many uses of dolls and human figurines from Alaska Native cultures past and present. The exhibition is drawn almost exclusively from the museum's collection of dolls and human miniatures from Alaska Native cultures. It includes several thousand figures from Alaska's prehistoric and early historic periods and is one of the largest and most representative public collections of historic and modern Alaska Native dolls in existence. All six ethnic groups in Alaska--the Inupiaq and Yupik Eskimos, the Aleuts and Alutiiqs, as well as the Athabascan and Northwest Coast Indians--are represented in the collection, though Central Yupik and St. Lawrence Island Yupik collections of human figures are largest. This essay describes the various purposes dolls and human figurines have served in Alaska Native cultures past and present. We have drawn on a wide variety of sources: published, archival, and oral history furnished by the exhibition's Advisory Team"--P. 3. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Number One Price Guide to M. I. Hummel (No. 1 Price Guide to M. I. Hummel Figurines,...

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Pictorial Price Guide to American Antiques 2000-2001: 2000-2001 (Pictorial Price Guide to...

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The new edition of the ultimate antiques collector's guide, every year more highly prized

For twenty years this highly praised and consistent seller has been the only price guide to American antiques and objects made for the American market that illustrates every item listed. The 2000-2001 edition contains more than 5000 entirely new objects and auction prices--from furniture and lighting to ceramics and clocks to advertising and novelty items--each keyed to the year the piece was sold and the location of the auction sale. Such essential information, plus the comprehensive index and the enthusiasm and authority of the author, makes this the invaluable reference American antiques collectors look for every year.

About The Author
Dorothy Hammond, for many years a collector of antiques, writes the popular "Collectibles" column for Colonial Homes magazine. She lives in Wichita, Kansas.

Porcelain Figurines (The Ramillies Series)

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Oversized hardback. Color and black and white photos throughout.

Prehistoric Figurines Corporeality and Representation in the Neolithic

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Prehistoric Figurines is a radical new approach to one of the most exciting but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. The book explores the ways that people use representations of human bodies to make subtle political points and to understand their own identities and to negotiate their relationships with friends and enemies. Moving beyond the traditional mechanisms of interpretation, the argument is an original and coherent interpretation of prehistoric figurines from southeastern Europe. The author propels the debate past the limitations of the out-dated interpretations of figurines as Mother-Goddess; Bailey investigates individual prehistoric figurines in their original archaeological contexts and in terms of modern exploitations of the human form. The book benefits from author's close understanding of the material culture and the prehistory of the Balkans and from recent developments in the fields of visual culture studies and social and cultural anthropology.

Price Guide for Collector Plates, Figurines, Paperweights, and Other Limited Editions

Rosenthal: Dining Services, Figurines, Ornaments and Art Objects (Schiffer Book for...

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Since founding his firm in Selb in 1891, Philip Rosenthal Sr. endeavored with great success to join porcelain and art together. Using a variety of different design styles, Rosenthal produced porcelain service, figures, ornaments, and art pieces, each with the highest artistic quality worthy of fine collections. With over 350 beautiful pictures, this book provides a history of the Rosenthal family and company, a description of the entire porcelain production proces, artists' biographies, and tips for collectors. The stars of course are the pieces themselves. Current market values are given to help the collector.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain: Animals and Figurines

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Here is the first comprehensive reference guide to twentieth century porcelain models of animals and figurines by Royal Copenhagen. An invaluable reference for collectors and dealers, it includes all the well-known pieces together with many others which are rarely seen. Nearly 400 color plates are used to identify more than 500 separate models, among which only about one hundred are in production. Most models are cataloged according to their original sculptors, and more than forty of the modelers are recognized; including biographical information and diagrams of their monograms to aid in identification. Each example is described in detail and nearly all are accompanied by a photograph to illustrate salient points from the model profile. A complete list of known models and a values reference for secondhand examples are included.

Royal Doulton Animals: A Charlton Standard Catalogue (4th Edition)

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Collectors around the world have enjoyed the animals figurines created by Royal Doulton for over a century. The 3rd edition of The charlton Standard Catalogue of Royal

Doulton Animals has been updated to include the new models introduced over the past few years, and to reflect the current market value of all Doulton animal figurines.

The three new series added to the 3rd edition are: The Charles Noke Collection, a tribute to Noke, whose classic model of a Polar Bear Monter and Her Cub was remodelled in 2001, by Robert Tabbenor, and issued in a limited edition of 200; the second series, modelled by Alan Maslankowski, Art is Life, contains beautifully sculpted animals such as wolves, bears, and horses; the third series, Burslem Artwares, contains the majestic flambé T'ang Horse and several other flambé pieces.

What appears to be the most buoyant niche in the Animal market today is the stoneware models of mice and frogs created by George Tinworth. The prices realized of these classic sculptures seem to escalate continuously when they appear at auction. There are well over 60 models created by

George Tinworth.

Each listing provides the model number, size, colour, designer, dates of issue and discontinuation, and the different glaze varieties that can be found on certain models. More than 1,200 illustrations on more than 475 pages results in a catalogue that covers the complete range of Royal Doulton Animals. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Royal Doulton Beswick Figurines (6th Edition) - The Charlton Standard Catalogue

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An authority in the field of Royal Doulton and Beswick figurines, this guide lists, prices and illustrates over 3,500 models, including size, colour, designer, issue date and varieties. Long-time and novice collectors alike will enjoy tips on building a collection, backstamps and a breif history of the factory by Doulton historian Louise Irvine.