S inside Blue 5 point crown with foreign and 3 blue dots below

by Paul
(Oldham)

S inside Blue 5 point crown with foreign and 3 blue dots below:- Dear Peter and friends, I recently acquired this wonderful figurine at auction which shows a young woman in yellow and green nautical dress playing an accordion. The auction simply described this as a 1930s piece and I have been struggling to identify it.

There are in fact two marks to the base. The first, as shown in the second picture, has a five pointed blue crown with three dots below it almost forming a triangle and the word foreign. Much harder to see (requiring a magnifying glass) but hopefully visible in the photo... is a large capital swirling S in the centre of the crown. I have searched the forums here and elsewhere but have had no luck so far.

Also, and invisible in the photo, is the impressed number 2719. Unfortunately a search on the model number 2719 produces an overwhelming number of results for the Royal Doulton figurine HN2719... and as a result I have become stuck.

Many thanks indeed for any help on identifying this piece. This is a really great forum for researching pieces.

Paul

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Hi Paul

This is a nice piece from a nice maker - I just wish I knew which one!.

I believe this cute accordion player is German or Austrian and made in the 1930's, and imported into the UK at that time. There are several German makers who use the 'S' and crown pottery mark, but none are catalogued as having this version of the mark (which is a new one to me).

If anyone knows, please post.

Peter (admin)

p.s. The following page is a 'must see' if you are researching fine china - for value and identification:-

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