Goebel Hummel Figurine Trio — Sister, Merry Wanderer & Little Hiker View Watchlist >
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Lot # F328
System ID # 29042067
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Goebel Hummel Figurine Trio — Sister, Merry Wanderer & Little Hiker
Three hand-painted Goebel Hummel porcelain figurines, each marked on the base with the incised mold number and the Goebel V/bee trademark. The lot includes "Sister" (base incised 81/2/0), a girl in a red dress carrying a market basket and satchel; "Merry Wanderer" (Hum 11 2/0), the iconic striding boy in cap and green jacket with umbrella and traveling bag; and "Little Hiker" (Hum 16 2/0), a whistling boy in lederhosen gripping a walking stick. The bases carry two distinct Goebel trademark variants: the full bee mark on the Merry Wanderer base (stamped "Germany") dates that piece to the 1950s–early 1960s production era; the stylized V/bee on the Little Hiker base (stamped "West Germany") is consistent with late 1960s–1970s output. The Sister base carries the full V/bee mark (stamped "West Germany"), placing it in the same postwar range — though the incised number 81/2/0 warrants cross-referencing against the standard Hum 81 2/0 (School Girl) designation, as some catalog sources list "Sister" under Hum 98..
Designed after the drawings of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel (1909–1946), a Franciscan nun whose whimsical children were first licensed to W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik of Rödental, Bavaria in 1935. Each piece carries the hand-applied, matte-finish decoration — rosy cheeks, expressive eyes, precisely rendered folk clothing — that has defined authentic Goebel Hummel production across nearly nine decades. Trademark dating is a reliable tool for Hummel collectors: the full bee variants found here are among the most sought postwar marks, generally considered superior in painting quality and glaze depth to later mass-production runs.
CONDITION
Good overall. The Sister figurine has a chip to the hair with touch-up paint applied, and crazing to the glaze on the base. The Merry Wanderer and Little Hiker are in good condition with no notable damage.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Each Figurine: Approx. 4.5" H × 2" W × 2" D
- Quantity: 3 Figurines
- Sister: Base incised 81/2/0
- Merry Wanderer: Hum 11 2/0
- Little Hiker: Hum 16 2/0
- Marks: Goebel full V/bee — Merry Wanderer ("Germany"), Sister ("West Germany"); stylized V/bee — Little Hiker ("West Germany")
- Maker: W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik, Rödental, Bavaria, Germany
- Production Era: 1950s–1970s (per trademark variants)
