This oddly-titled post is in response to a perfectly logical question posed to me some time ago, which was: "If you have posts about Cybis sculptures that include crowns, or hats, or other specific elements, why not write about the figures that have weapons?" To be honest, the thought had never occurred to me but [...]
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‘Commemorative’ Editions by Cybis: What, When, and Why
From time to time, when perusing any price lists, brochures or catalogs issued by Cybis, one is apt to come across the Collection category of Commemorative. What exactly were those, and what was their inspiration? The studio used the word ‘commemorative’ somewhat loosely, but the vast majority of them were standard retail editions. They were [...]
Cybis ‘Circuses & Carousels’ Exhibit at the MAPA
Two of the most popular genre collections from the Cybis studio are the subject of a special exhibit at the Museum of American Porcelain Art in Ohio. The exhibit, titled Circuses & Carousels, is housed – most fittingly – in a room whose construction evokes the inside of a circus tent and/or the top canopy [...]
Cordey Christmas Trees (redux)
(This is a re-posting of my original 2018 post about the Christmas trees made by the Cordey China Company, which I had removed earlier this year along with my other Cordey-only posts. In retrospect, I should have left this one up because I now know, thanks to a very helpful reader, that there is a [...]
Cybis Greeting Cards
In addition to the various catalogs, brochures, and price lists that made up the bulk of the Cybis studio’s advertising materials, there were also promotional items that weren’t readily available to the general public. One example is the Cybis-logo pin/pendant made by Terryberry and shown in the Cybis Jewelry post. Such items were created for [...]
A Rare Catch: a Cybis Porcelain Fish
In 2016, when I wrote my ‘All at Sea’ post describing the various ocean-related Cybis porcelains, I ended it with this sentence: Regarding other denizens of the deep, Cybis never chose to portray (as did Boehm, several times) any fish as the piece’s main subject — which does seem like rather a missed opportunity! Well, [...]
The Curious Chronology of the Cybis Award Bowl
One of the Cybis studio’s ‘new’ retail introductions during the 1990s was a decorative piece that was ultimately titled Cupid Bowl, Original Famous Cybis Award. However, I recently discovered that its first appearance – like many of their 1990s-2000s offerings – took place decades earlier. It has been very interesting to dissect the chronology of [...]
Cybis Porcelain ‘Men in Hats’
This is a companion (or ‘brother’?) post to my 2018 Cybis Bonnet Girls. While compiling this I was surprised to discover that there were almost three times as many males wearing headgear (30) as females (11)! And that is without including any crowned Cybis figures or any of the North American Indians (because I feel [...]
Cybis Retailer-Event and Private-Commission Sculptures
Back in the heyday of art porcelain collecting, most purchasers belonged to one or more of three general categories: (a) They bought whatever sculptures they liked, budget permitting; (b) they focused mainly on certain genres, which the Cybis studio termed ‘Collections’ – more about those in a future post; and/or (c) they made their purchase [...]
Cybis ‘Two-Fers’ and ‘Trios’ (Multiple Subjects on a Single Sculpture)
Having previously looked at the pairs, companions, and sets that the Cybis porcelain studio produced, it’s also interesting to see what I call their ‘two-fer’ and ‘trio’ pieces. These are sculptures that have more than one subject, both (or all) being of equal design weight/importance. There was also one sculpture that was composed of four [...]
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