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Offline josordoni

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Cmielow looky likey cat
« on: July 30, 2008, 09:25:56 AM »
I thought this was Cmielow originally, but the mark is wrong, and the finish a bit too shiny.

Anyone got any ideas please?







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Re: Cmielow looky likey cat
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 12:32:52 PM »
No idea, but he's rather nice
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Re: Cmielow looky likey cat
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 02:41:30 PM »
And only twweee  ... about 4 ins tall I guess (without getting him out of the cupboard and measuring him).

I have some lovely cats at the moment.... :D

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Re: Cmielow looky likey cat
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2012, 01:30:25 PM »
It certainly has the Cmielow look but the backstamp isn't right. Vintage Cmielow has a 'C' in a triangle and the colour is green. Post 1994 and the reopening of the SWIT factory the mark is a red diamond (these are the ones you see hundreds of on ebay). So I think you are onto something with Poland. I can't find much more and what I don't know is more than I do!

What isn't going to help is the fact that Cmielow and Wawel (and possibly other factories?) seem to have shared moulds for figurines. Copyright had less importance in communist countries - meeting quotas for export/hard currency demands would have been a higher concern.

Searching the 'pottery marks' websites may point to something for your 'B' in a circle mark. I have found German pottery mark sites invaluable as Poland was occupied by Germany in WW2.

Even though I can't help with attribution, I hope this is of some use.

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Re: Cmielow looky likey cat
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2012, 11:15:38 PM »
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CMIELOW-VINTAGE-GREY-CAT-/300720353864

no photo of the base but I think this is the same model form?

 

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