Bidspirit auction | KISTER PORCELAIN FIGURINE

KISTER PORCELAIN FIGURINE - An antique Kister porcelain figurine in good overall condition with maker mark present underneath as shown in photos. This porcelain sculpture measures, 5” H x 5.5” W x 2.5” D. The figurines were made by the Kister porcelain factory in Scheibe-Alsbach, Thuringia, Germany. This mark (the crossed “S”) was used from 1925 to 1972. A porcelain factory was started in Scheibe-Alsbach in 1835. After several changes in ownership, August Wilhelm Fridolin Kister took over the factory in 1863. The factory became Porzellanmanufaktur Kister K.G. Scheibe-Alsbach in 1962 when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) put the factory under state supervision. The factory was nationalized in 1972 and became V.E.B. Porzellanmanufaktur Scheibe-Alsbach. The company is still in business, now as Porzellanmanufaktur Scheibe-Alsbach in Rudolstadt, Germany.