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John Rogers (October 30, 1829 – July 26, 1904) was an American sculptor who produced very popular, relatively inexpensive figurines in the latter 19th century. He became famous for his small genre sculptures, popularly termed "Rogers Groups", which were mass-produced in cast plaster.
Josefina Aguilar (born 1945) is a Mexican folk artist from Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca. [1] A member of the Aguilar family, she is best known for her small clay figurines called muñecas (dolls), an artform she learned from her mother.
This is a list of list of Royal Doulton figurines in ascending order by HN number. HN is named after Harry Nixon (1886–1955), head of the Royal Doulton painting department who joined Doulton in 1900. [ 1 ]
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
Early figurines made in the United Kingdom around 1955 were eggcups, for holding matches [3] or as ashtrays. The earliest designers being Paoli Brothers and Hermann Lohnberg. Fashions changed into 1956 with a move to animals. [4] By 1957, figurines and statues of african-style ladies and gentlemen were very dominant.
Capodimonte is most famous for its moulded figurines. [ 1 ] The porcelain of Capodimonte, and later Naples, was a "superb" translucent soft-paste , "more beautiful" but much harder to fire than the German hard-pastes, [ 2 ] or "a particularly clear, warm, white, covered with a mildly lustrous glaze". [ 3 ]
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Example of woodcarving. This is a list of woodcarvers - notable people who are known for their working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.