Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit
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Antique Porcelain Nodder or Swinger Pin Tray by Schafer & Vater. Bathing Beauty. Man in a Blue Bathing Suit

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This is another of my very rare Schafer & Vater antique collectables.

It is one of a series of quirky figures by S&V that I have for sale in my online shop. 

They are all very rare and hard to source and are special items for the specialist collector of early 20th century Schafer and Vater porcelain models. 

This little figure is a very rare and a most collectable one - reflected in my price here. 

It is really sweet - it is a little decorative pin tray and it forms a pair with the one featuring a little seated girl in an orange bathing suit which is also in my store. 

This one shows a little chubby gentleman and dates to the early 20th Century.

He is an Edwardian bather - going for a dip in the sea at one of the fashionable Edwardian seaside resorts (so perhaps made for the souvenir market). He wears a little one-piece bathing suit - which is dark inky blue in colour with lightly incised stripes. He sits on a bench. His head does not nod - but his little legs swing back and forward - so more of a swinger novelty. 

Height: 4 1/2 inches. Base measures: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches. 

It is in good vintage condition.

These antique pieces of German porcelain novelties are now hard to find.

Displays very well. POSTAGE WOULD BE WITH UK Royal Mail Tracked - this would cost £4.95. Postal discounts would apply - any overpayment in postage would be refunded. to you. 

HISTORY: The company was founded by a Gustave Schaefer and Guenther Vater in Germany in 1890. By 1896 the business was so successful that they were able to expand to the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus.

The company aimed at producing high-quality items in hard-paste porcelain - and it made luxury items, including figurines and dolls' heads. They also produced a range of soft-paste porcelain items such as small liquor bottles which were distributed in pubs etc.

Schafer & Vater were better known for their comical and figural items. They manufactured these in teapots, jugs, creamers, bottles, match strikers, and planters, with a backstamp impressed with a crown above an 'R' in a star. 'Made in Germany' was sometimes stamped in black. Occasionally, Schafer & Vater pieces appear without any stamps or reference to their origin, but they are easy to recognize due to their characteristics and unique craftsmanship and unusual design.

Their wonderful novelty figures were always very popular in the States - and by 1910 the American firm of Sears Roebuck & Co began to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery items.

In 1913 Paul Schafer had taken over from his father and, working alongside Gunther Vater, built up a successful workforce of around 200 people. In 1918 the factory was destroyed by fire and they set up a new factory to resume production.

Sadly, the firm closed in 1962, and in1972 the East German government assumed full control of the vacant factory and their records and moulds were destroyed - so no further figures could be produced.

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