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2. Garden gnome - Wikipedia

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   Use of the term "garden gnome" may originate from fact that German catalogues sold ornaments of dwarfs under the name gnomen-figuren, meaning miniature figurines. [ 9 ] From around 1860 onwards, Gräfenroda , a town in Thuringia long known for its ceramics, became increasingly associated with production of garden gnomes.

3. Acámbaro figures - Wikipedia

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   The Acámbaro figures were uncovered by a German immigrant and hardware merchant named Waldemar Julsrud. According to Dennis Swift, a young-Earth creationist and major proponent of the figures' authenticity, Julsrud stumbled upon the figures while riding his horse and hired a local farmer to dig up the remaining figures, paying him for each figure he brought back.

4. Category:Figurine manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Ceramics manufacturers of figurines — companies that manufacture figurines, as collectable objects and/or toys. Pages in category "Figurine manufacturers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

5. Enesco - Wikipedia

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   Enesco is known in its industry for its 25 years of success with the Precious Moments porcelain figurine line of products. Freedman worked with original artist, Sam Butcher, to bring his designs to market. The company sales soared throughout the '70s, '80s, and '90s until its peak in 1997. [citation needed]

6. Wade Ceramics - Wikipedia

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   In the 1950s, the Wade potteries created 'Whimsies', small solid porcelain animal figures first developed by Sir George Wade, which became popular and collectable in Britain and America, [1] [2] following their retail launch in 1954, [3] and were widely available in shops throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

7. Herend Porcelain Manufactory - Wikipedia

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   Between the two world wars, limited reproduction of traditional products, from the age of Fischer, was continued. Hungarian figures were also manufactured, replicas of the work of Hungarian sculptors. In 1948 the company was nationalised. In 1993 it was privatised, and in 2015 75% is owned by the management and workers. [citation needed]