Cats and dogs were both represented in porcelain by Cybis, although less than a dozen designs were created in either category. The majority of those sculptures were produced by the modern (post-1960) studio although there are earlier examples. In fact, there are two feline designs dating from the Cordey era (1940s-early 1950s). Dual-marked Cordey/Cybis Cats [...]
In addition to their carousel horses Cybis also created a menagerie of other carousel animals in porcelain. There were two very different series: the full-size collection spanning the mid-1970s through the early 2000s, and the small Carousel II series introduced in the late 1980s. Unlike the Hall of Fame editions, however, the second series was [...]
After the retirement of their second 1950s nativity set, the Cybis studio did not offer anything in that genre until the 1982 introduction of a new series called The First Christmas. These are entirely different sculptures than the two sets produced during the 1950s and are original designs (not cast from commercial molds.) Three or four [...]
The circus theme was a popular one for Cybis porcelain; it was represented continuously in both human and animal studies ever since the first two in that genre were introduced in 1975. Only four of the circus sculptures were declared to be limited editions. Barnaby, an open edition introduced in 1975, was originally named ‘Barnaby’ [...]
Although Cybis never created any sort of 'maritime collection', a selection of their sculptures do fit into a seagoing theme – so, why not? The very first sea-based Cybis is also the only piece they ever made that specifically depicts a fish, although two other much-later pieces do include a fish as a decorative element. [...]
Completing the trilogy of Cybis equine reviews are the nine horses which were part of their ‘Carousel Collection’ over the decades. In fact, the series itself began with a carousel horse in 1973. (The other carousel animals are shown separately.) All but one of the limited-edition carousel equines were sculpted by Susan Clark Eaton. Heights [...]
The horse was featured throughout the Cybis studio’s history; a few equines even appear as early Papka pieces created in the 1940s. This post will focus only on the ‘real’ horse studies; the mythological equines are shown in Unicorns and Pegasi, and the Carousel Horses are profiled separately as well. I have sorted these Cybis [...]
The extremely popular unicorn collecting genre was not overlooked by Cybis, and in fact they did a rather nice job of it, too. That other fantasy equine, Pegasus, was not neglected but let’s take a look at the Cybis unicorns first. Unicorns The first mention of Cybis unicorns occurs in the 1970 museum exhibit catalog [...]
‘Into the woods’ is probably not the most accurate title for a post describing the wide-ranging array of Cybis wildlife sculptures profiled below, but I think that with more than 50% of them qualifying as per habitat I can probably get away with it. Beginning with the smallest woodland denizen, Deer Mouse ‘In Clover’ is [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 