April 12, 2019
#302
Dear reader,
Nancy read a book on organizing and simplifying your home. So she has begun. She handed me a box of ceramic figurines to put on eBay. Then changed her mind.
I have featured Nancy's collections in the past, but it's been a while. After she took a second look at them, and I voiced my admiration of the incredible detail in them, she decided to keep them. Since I'd already photographed and edited them, I decided to write a post about them.
Two different angles of the wee girls.
This one and one other were made by Munro Enterprises, I suspect they were all made in China.
To me, she resembles a girl of about 12 who is a ballet dancer.
Except for the wings, of course.
Just look at the detail and realism of every aspect! Except for the wings. Such talented artists they are.
This little one is called "lipstick" and she too is a Munro creation.
Again, the most minute of details, wow.
This one is quite clever, using a ladie's compact as the basis for it. She too appears quite young. The shape of her eyes and ears seem almost elfin.
Her wings are more butterfly-like than the ones above which are translucent.
The cover is weathered to appear worn and aged. The little marks on the bottom are "2003" and a maker's mark which is hard to read.
This one and the next seem to be from the same makers. Any information in the form of stickers has been removed.
They even painted her toenails.
They look better with the naked (or glasses covered) eyes than they do enlarged via photography.
The photos because of limited depth-of-field leave areas out of focus.
Viewed at arms length, they really are remarkable. Go ahead and do a search: "ceramic fairy figurines" and you too will be astounded by how many have been put on the Internet. Also the variety of realism or lack thereof in the designs.
I believe the next article I do will be of all the little figures and figurines that we have. For a while I had a collection of modern (verses the 1960's) 1/6th scale military action figures, which can be seen here. They've all gone to new homes.
And last year, or the year before, I bought a one-of-a-kind figure of Timothy Olyphant's character from the TV series Justified which can be seen here.
Justified's Raylan Givens, Timothy Olyphant, immortalized in 1:6th scale!
Justified's Raylan Givens, Timothy Olyphant, immortalized in 1:6th scale!
We SO got into that series. What DID we do before we could stream series into our homes?
I hope you enjoyed this brief article featuring these amazing little cuties.
I greatly appreciate your taking a look at this and any of my articles. Your kind words and comments are what keeps me creating and sharing them.
Scott
April 12, 2019
#302
