While this quirky porcelain figure group is unsigned, it is unmistakably the product of the Delmas Factory like those posted on February 23 of this year. As you might recall, Delmas was an obscure Russian Private Factory of the mid nineteenth century. I am still finding the characterizations way ahead of their time.
I have failed to learn anything more about this maker. The lone reference is still the illustration of a written mark and a couple lines in Cyrillic in one of the Russian books.
The name “Delmas” is of French origin. No sign of Delmas in any of the French sources.
Besides this figure group, I saw another a few months ago. A different couple marked with an 82 on the back. It was a week after the eBay auction closed. I was sad to read in the seller’s description that they had tried searching “Delmas G. A. Edit” but found nothing.
I wish my earlier post had come up when that person searched. In my early days of blogging I had not quite caught on to keywords, titles and so on. This new figure gives me the opportunity to try again. Next time someone searches “Delmas G. A. Edit”, I want this post to be top of the list.
When I held this figure in my hands, the weight and balance made me question if it might be slip cast. Close examination proved otherwise. I could see a bit of an interior seam through the tiny vent hole when I held the figure in front of a light. This like the others is made from very thinly press moulded porcelain.
The dog is fun. It comes from the same world as the Delmas characters.
Marked “13” to the rear. Unsigned. 1850s.
