Three figures

porcelain, enamel paints, gilding, large elephant dimensions: 23 x 33 x 13 cm, small elephant dimensions: 17.5 x 31 x 10 cm;
unsigned, large gray elephant marked on bottom with monogram and date: M. W. 27. VIII. 57, large white elephant marked: Elephant no. 1 / B / 3 / 1200 / Hand painted / J. J., small elephant without markings.
State of preservation: left back and front foot of gray large elephant with dr. loss, left front foot of white elephant with dr. chipping, left front foot of small elephant with factory crack.
Bogucice Porcelain Works, Katowice, ca. 1957.
The cut of the figurines is pre-war, the figure of the large gray elephant was painted by the post-war master painter at the Bogucice Porcelain Works, Maksymilian Woznioka. In 1957, he began working at the "Steatite" Ceramic Works. (Lit.: "Porcelain of the companies 'Giesche' 'Czuday' 'Huta Franciszka'", publisher Museum of the History of Katowice, 2024)