Victorian Fairings |
The small figural groups were made from porcelain, and often
brightly coloured.
Cheap, cheerful and aimed at the popular end of the market,
fairings have the same saucy humour of the seaside postcard, complete with
punning captions.
Favourite subjects included marital scenes, canoodling
lovers, cats, dogs and children.
Events from everyday life such as visits to the dentist, and the Crimea and the Franco prussian Wars also inspired models.
The principal manufacture was conta and boehme of possnek.
Victorian Fairings |
After 1891 the words made in Germany were added.
Early fairings are often better moulded than later examples.
Victorian Fairings |
Demand for these German made items came to an end with the
outbreak of world War one.
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