It is a shame that, throughout the history of art porcelain, it was so rare for public credit to be given to the artists and artisans who actually produced these beautiful objects. Even collectors who focused on the work of one particular studio almost never knew who was actually responsible for the existence of the [...]
Inveterate Cybis collectors may also be interested in the different display signs that the studio made available to their retailer network. The stores/shops would have purchased these from the studio through their Cybis regional sales representative, and it's likely that they were on display in the sales reps' showroom as well. Update, April 2025: An [...]
Recently I decided to investigate why certain Cybis porcelain sculptures seemingly appear so often as knockoffs/copies. The answer involves the Cybis studio, another Trenton company, and of course the question of copyright. Polish immigrant Boleslaw Cybis operated his studio – first as the Cordey China Company and ultimately as Cybis – beginning in the early [...]
When the Cybis porcelain studio decided to begin selling sculptures directly to the public in the 1990s, they decided to also follow the 'collectors club' trend as well. In October 1994, the studio sent this mailing to collectors on their contact lists: The annual fee would be $55, unless the person decided to pre-order the [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 