Unique and Unusual Cordey Porcelain, Part 2

Unique and Unusual Cordey Porcelain, Part 2

As a follow-up to my first post on this subject, here are a dozen additional Cordey items that struck me as being unique, unusual, or in some cases downright weird. Like all Cordey pieces that emerged from the Cybis facility, they date from the 1940s or early 1950s.   This first example is unusual because [...]

An Unusual (Sort Of) Cybis Bearded Man Bust circa 1940s

An Unusual (Sort Of) Cybis Bearded Man Bust circa 1940s

The coexistence of the Cordey and Cybis studio lines during the 1940s occasionally resulted in some interesting 'crossover' pieces, particularly those that apparantly never made it into retail production. One such piece is a bust of this bearded elderly man, perhaps a sage, signed MC indicating it was by Marja (a/k/a Maria) Cybis, wife of [...]