Hummel ♡♡♡ RARE ARCHIVE SAMPLE 2/I- RED LINE, Black #, archive tag- Skrobek

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Hummel ♡♡♡ RARE ARCHIVE SAMPLE 2/I- RED LINE, Black #, archive tag- Skrobek:
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Hum #2/I

RARE ARCHIVE SAMPLE This is one of the first Hummels that Skobek refashioned with the more defined texture.

ARCHIVE INDICATOR

#1 RED LINE around base

#2 Black number under glaze

#3 Goebel Archival metal tag

Sample from Goebel Hummel Porzelanfabrik ArchivesYou will also receive a certificate guarantee that it is an variation sample that washousedin the archives.

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ExplainingGoebel\'s Archival M. I. Hummel Figurines

Figurinesbegan being placed into the archives in 1935. I think we can assumethat if Goebel had been a new company in 1935 they might not haveretained these figurines for an archives. Because it was an alreadywell established porcelain factory with a Goebel archives they keptnot only very good records but also the actual approved figurine.

Anarchival figurine is a rare often one of a kind figurine.

TheHummel Archives.

Let\'sbegin with a misconception that we as collectors all have. It isnatural to think the archives consists only of all the old figurinesplaced there from the 30\'s and 40\'s but the truth is that thearchives has been added to throughout the entire production of theHummel figurines until 2009 when it was sold off .Therefore thearchives consists of figurines from every trademark.

A Goebelmaster sculptor would create a first model based on a drawing. Thefirst whiteware (sometimes a painted sample) is taken to the conventfor approval. If the sample is not approved it is given a paperGoebel tag stating why it was rejected. If it is approved they aregiven the Goebel archive metal tag.
One figurine stays in theconvent, the others went back to Rödental.

Glossaryfor archival words

Archive- Nothingdescribes the Hummel archives better than Wikapedia\' s definition. An archiveis a collection of historical records ( we Hummel collectors shouldthink of the word figurine instead of records), and the location inwhich the collection is kept.Archivescontain records (figurines) held for posterity. In general, archivesconsist of records (figurines) which have been selected for permanentor long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural,historical or evidentiary value. Archival items are almost alwaysunique or rare.

Prototype-Wikapedia states that A prototypeis an original type, form, or instance of something serving as atypical example, basis, or standard for other things of the samecategory. Hummel Prototype-A Hummelprototypeis an original figurine that is produced strictly for the purpose ofapproval by the Siessen Convent to serving as a typical example ofstructure and paint application for each of the figurines producedunder that Hum number.A Hummel prototype may or may not be approvedfor production. (All figurines produced in Tm 9 must now also beapproved by the Hummel family\'s An archival indicator for a Hummel figurineis something that can only be placed on a figurine by themanufacturing company.

Early Sample-An early sample was a prototype until the figurine was produced enmass. It will have an earlier trademark then the figurines that wereproduced for release. This means that the convent approved thefigurine for production as much as several decades before it wasactually put into production.

ArchivalBlack Numbers- A figurine with black numbers equals afigurine that has been placed in the archives.

ArchivalRed X -A figurine with a red X equals a figurine that was the first one taketo Siessen Convent.

Archivalblack Mfor muster which translates to sample.

ArchivalIndicator words

Thereare five words that may be either written on a figurine (only forOrigiinalmuster) or a decal affixed under the glaze.

#1Originialmusterseems to have been used only on crowns and not all of the crowns haveit. These might have been approved by Sister Hummel herself since shewas alive during the crown era
#2 Arbeitmuster-literarilymeans working sample tells you that it was taken to the convent tohave approved.
#3 Malmusteris rare to find on the figurines and is similar in meaning to the redline indicating the painter approved the colors.
#4 Fotomuster-a figurine that is not given the last glaze so that it can be usedfor taking a professional picture. This archival indicator was onlyused in trademark 8 so there are few of them.

#5Musterzimmer-Goebel had a showroom that dealers would visit to place their ordersfor all the Hummels they wished to purchase for their shops. Eachof the figurines were marked musterzimmer.

Allof these indicators verify that they have come from the Hummelarchives.

Randyand I also provide a Certificate of Authenticity to prove that youhave purchased a rare archival figurine.