Housewife, porcelain, collectible, children, Goebel

Beautiful, collectible figurine
Little Housekeeper Girl
The figurine sets the tone for a good mood
Made of porcelain
From the famous collectible painting series "Hummel"
Products from this factory are produced at the Goebel company’s plant based on sketches by Berta Hummel
The Goebel brand is one of the most prestigious brands in the world in this field
In 1935, Franz Goebel’s grandson found new images for porcelain figurines. The famous HUMMEL figurines spread all over Europe. For many years, they have made Goebel unique and famous with the distinctive “Hummelwerk” style. In 1971, the Goebel company celebrated its 100th anniversary. The culmination of the centennial celebration was the unveiling of a monument in the form of a Hummel boy figurine.
On May 21, 1909, a girl named Berta (Berta Hummel) was born into the family of merchant Adolf Hummel in the Bavarian town of Massing. From early childhood, Berta was passionate about drawing, and at the age of 12 she was accepted into a girls’ school in Simbach, where the teachers were sisters of the Catholic order Englische Fraulein. There, she created her first illustrations for a book by Friedrich W. Webers. Her paintings so impressed the sisters that they sent several copies to a publishing house in Munich specializing in religious art books. The publisher released Berta’s works as postcards, which were very popular at the time. In 1934, a collection of Berta’s drawings was published.
Soon after, Franz Goebel, the owner of a porcelain factory, saw these postcards in one of Munich’s shops. Goebel was looking for a new artistic direction for his factory. He proposed producing porcelain figurines based on Berta’s drawings. In 1935, at the Leipzig Trade Fair, the figurines were a tremendous success.
Porcelain figurines continued to be produced in Germany almost until the end of 2008.
M.I. Hummel signed her works not only with her name, but sometimes also with the image of a bumblebee—a kind of “coat of arms,” a symbol of her surname.
Height – 11 cm