Porcelain figurine "Snoopy"
Porcelain figurine "Snoopy"
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porcelain | handmade and -painted | size 13 x 8 x 10 cm (h/w/d)
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Porcelain figurine "Snoopy"
One of the characters created by Charles M. Schulz for the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy™, is depicted here embracing his loyal friend Woodstock. The perfect gift for any Peanuts lover.
Figurine made of matt and glazed porcelain, decorated with mother-of-pearl shades. Size 13 x 8 x 10 cm (h/w/d). © 2023 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
About Lladró
Three brothers founded the Lladró porcelain factory at the end of the 1950s: Juan, José, and Vicente Lladró. It is still family-owned today.
The production facilities located in the "porcelain city" of Tavernes Blanques near Valencia in Spain enjoy an international reputation. On the one hand, they owe this to the selection of their sculptors and modellers, who inspire the professional public year after year with their artistic ingenuity. On the other hand, they also owe it to the exquisite, unsurpassed artisanship in the realisation of their designs.
Lladró's sculptures have long been internationally sought-after collectors' items; the limited copies of each edition, numbered piece by piece, quickly find their way all over the world.
Ceramic product made of kaolin, quartz and feldspar.
Porcelain is formed by turning or pressing and figurative objects are cast. Complex objects have to be cast in separated steps and sections and then "assembled". After the moulding, the pieces are dried and "annealed" at about 900 °C. Next, the glaze will be applied and fired at temperatures between 1,240 °C and 1,445 °C. In renowned manufactures, the porcelain is painted by hand whereby each colour has to be fired individually and in compliance with narrow temperature tolerances.
Porcelain was invented in China and became widespread in Europe from the 16th century onwards. The first European porcelain factory was founded in Meissen, Germany in 1710.
Other famous European porcelain factories include Fürstenberg, Höchst, Schwarzburger Werkstätten, Lladró, Nymphenburg, KPM, Augarten, Sèvres, Limoges, Royal Copenhagen, Worcester. Individual factories label their products with their personal porcelain stamps so that for the collecter it is easy to identify their origin.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.