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Title: Identifying figures
Post by: Nicholas Ball on April 13, 2020, 10:25:59 AM

Hi all, need some help.

I’m going through some 30mm figures for the society but need to know who’s they were.

On the bases I have

GO
KH
HN
GS
GT
WKW
NS

Thanks.    Nick

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Hannibal on April 13, 2020, 11:37:18 AM

WKW is for zinnfiguren W.Wohlmann,  Krista Wohlmann, Berlin, catalog sent by MP


GO = ? Goldberg?


NC = F.C.Neckel, Hattenhofen
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Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: oleg on April 13, 2020, 11:39:42 AM

It depends on the form of a base and position of marks. Capital NS in the center of a rectangular base could be for Neckel.
Center position of capital GO stands for Golberg International (now Dangelmaier)
Oleg

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: zinnmartina on April 13, 2020, 12:10:30 PM

Heinz Schenzle Siegel Bestimmungsbuch 1987


GO - Golberg
KH - ?
HN - Dr. Herbert Neumeister
GS - Georg Spenkuch
GT - Günter Trothe
WKW - ?
NS - Neckel (Sohn - son)

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: marko on April 13, 2020, 12:13:12 PM

Fun Topic but, the way to madness I think.

I can validate and fill in a couple:

GO - Goldberg
KH - Karl Heinrichs - Mike Taylor Book
WKW - Wohlmann - Krista Wohlman 
NS - Neckel Stuttgart


mark  8)

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Nicholas Ball on April 23, 2020, 10:43:49 AM

Hi, few more to identify

MM.  Muller/ Menz. ??
WH
EW
WM
UL
ES
EH

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Hannibal on April 23, 2020, 11:22:21 AM

WH = Wolgang Hafer  and  Wolfgang Hodapp, Karlsruhe

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Ed Humphreys on April 23, 2020, 12:06:27 PM

From my wel-thumbed Sigel-Bestimmungsbuch I suggest:
NS: Neckel Stuttgart
UL: Ulrich Lehnart
ES: Ernst Seidel, Haus der nationalen Volksarmee, Loebau???


I'll keep looking
Ed

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: marko on April 23, 2020, 12:10:25 PM

Couple of other possibilities:


WH - Wolfgang Hafer or Wolfgang Hodapp - may depend on shape of the base
WM - Western Miniatures
EH - Ernest Henniges

These are from Bistulfi's site - he has a nice listing of names which shows the shape of the base.

mark  8)

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Hannibal on April 23, 2020, 01:02:18 PM

yes, but it could be useful to open a place here also to help all of us …. by collecting these information, indeed.

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Tannenberg1410 on April 23, 2020, 03:10:21 PM

Quote from: Hannibal on April 23, 2020, 01:02:18 PM

yes, but it could be useful to open a place here also to help all of us …. by collecting these information, indeed.

Hello,

it always depends on where the signature is.
Usually the artist is on the far left, the publisher in the middle and the engraver on the right. Sometimes, however, the left and right are reversed.

Some signatures are also duplicated
e.g.
Go - as editor Golberg
          as illustrator Fritz Georges

or

HN - as editor Dr. Horst Neumeister
          as editor Hans Neef

or

ES - as editor Erhard Strassburg
         as engraver Ernst Seidel

You can only clearly identify it if you show us the figures with the foot boards.

WKW - Wolgang and Krista Wohlmann

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: marko on April 23, 2020, 04:27:42 PM

On Gianpaolo Bistulfi's wonderful site is this nice starting point:

http://www.zinnfiguren-bistulfi.com/Riconoscimento%20basi.html (http://www.zinnfiguren-bistulfi.com/Riconoscimento%20basi.html)

mark  8)

Title: Re: Identifying figures
Post by: Hannibal on April 23, 2020, 04:49:44 PM

see also on pages 2 and 3 of the Wilken catalogue:


http://www.zinnfiguren-wilken.de/PDF/wilken_bildkatalog.pdf