Vintage Hummel Figurines

Goebel and Hummel Trademarks

All these vintage Hummel figurines are from my personal collection. We moved into a new home, and I do not have room to display them. These Hummel figurines were previously displayed behind glass and are all in excellent condition. Each figurine comes with its original box.

M.I. Hummel is a series of ceramic figurines based on the illustrations by the German nun Maria Innocentia Hummel.

Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel's works were discovered by Franz Goebel after a small publisher began printing her artwork as postcards. Goebel started production of the figurines under the authorization of the convent of Siessen. Although sister Hummel died in 1946, Goebel carried her legacy of her design.

The first Hummel figurines were sold in 1935. The figurines are all based on the drawings and paintings of children by sister Hummel. Though much of the art was done in the 1930s, the newer figurines have adopted a more contemporary appearance.

Goebel ceased production of the Hummel line in October 2008.

These Hummel figurines were made out of porcelain. The body was biscuit fired, dipped in glaze, and painted using oil and turpentine based colors that contained metallic oxides as pigments before another firing.

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