Goebel

Founded in Austria, the pottery of William Goebel is still trading today. Goebel pieces from the 1930’s in the Art Deco style are particularly collectable currently but the factory is best known for its production of ‘Hummel’ figures which were designed in a ‘kitsch’ style by Berthe Hummel.

The broad output of Hummel figures range, each one with its own distinctive shape name and standing between around 4.5 to 5 inches high, was very popular in the nineteen fifties and sixties. Shape names include (alphabetically);

A Fair Measure
Apple Tree Boy
Auf Wiedersehen
Be Patient
Birthday Seranade
Chicken Licken
Coffee Break
Coquettes
Doll Bath
Easter Time
Eventide
Feeding Time
Let's Sing
Letter to Santa
Little Bookkeeper
Little Fiddler
Little Hiker
Little Pharmacist
Little Tailor
Meditation
Playmates
Sensitive Hunter
Shepherd's Boy
Signs of Spring
Smiling Through
Soloist
Star Gazer
Strolling Along
The Photographer
Timid Little Sister
Valentine Joy
Wayside Harmony
We Congratulate
White Angel Holy Water Font