Mary And Her Little Lamb Japan Figurine, Hummel-Style Girl in Red Skirt Holding a Lamb

The "Mary And Her Little Lamb" Japan figurine is a standing porcelain figure of a little girl hugging a lamb in both arms, made in the Hummel style that Japanese factories copied for export. She stands on a low oval base. Mostly matte, the finish is a soft bisque-like surface with painted color, and the face has a pink blush on the cheeks.

Front to back: her hair is blonde, a pale yellow-green blonde, with a bow on top of her head in blue (a pale powder blue shading to lavender) and two short pigtails tied with bows in orange (a bright orange-red). She wears a green blouse (a medium leaf green) with short puffed sleeves and molded ribbing, and a red skirt (a brick or terracotta red) painted with darker red cross-hatched patch marks on the front, sides and back. A tied apron bow is molded at the back of the waist. Her legs have white knee socks with tan bands and dark gray shoes. The lamb is white shaded with gray, with a pink nose, black eyes, black hooves and a red tag at its collar. Orange flowers with dark centers and green leaves rise from the base beside both of her feet.

Underneath, the base is glazed white and hollow, with a round vent hole in the center. Above the hole the title "Mary And Her Little Lamb" is handwritten in black, in a looping cursive script inside quotation marks. At the left edge of the base is a small rectangular paper label reading JAPAN in white block capitals on a dark navy band, framed by a pale yellow border with a dark outline.

On this copy: the figure was not measured; the oval base is about the width of a palm in the underside photo. No breaks were seen. Light grime and a few dark specks sit on the hair and face, with some paint rubbing on the high points of the bow and lamb, yellow staining on the underside, and loose green fibers left from felt that was once glued to the base.

• Form: Standing girl figurine hugging a lamb, low oval base
• Material: Porcelain, matte bisque-like painted finish; glazed hollow base
• Colors: Blonde hair, blue (powder blue) head bow, orange-red pigtail bows, green blouse, red (terracotta) skirt, white and gray lamb, orange flowers
• Style: Hummel-style Japanese export figurine
• Decoration: Cross-hatched patch marks on skirt, apron bow at back, flowers at both feet
• Title: "Mary And Her Little Lamb" handwritten in black script on base
• Label: JAPAN paper label, white capitals on navy, left edge of base
• Construction: Slip-cast and hollow, round vent hole in base
• This copy: Not measured; no breaks seen; light grime, minor paint rub, felt residue and staining under base