Cybis ‘Crowning Glories’

Cybis ‘Crowning Glories’

Now that we’ve finished butterfly-catching, why not do some ‘crown-collecting’? Cybis used a crown in 41 different sculptures, plus one honorable-mention piece – but, somewhat surprisingly, only 16 of those items were depictions of royal persons. We can divide the crowned Cybis sculptures into five categories: male royalty, female royalty (more or less), ballet studies, [...]

Sir Henry and The Buccaneer: Cybis Mystery Men

Sir Henry and The Buccaneer: Cybis Mystery Men

Almost all of the Cybis 'Portraits in Porcelain' are readily identifiable characters from Shakespeare, mythology, literature, or history. However, there are two that defy specific identification; one is from the 1980s and the other is a millennial. Sir Henry, the Knight was introduced in 1986 at $1500 as a limited edition of 350 sculptures. He [...]