Pottery Girl Figurine

Pottery figurine, well that's what I think it is. My initial observation having noticed it during a jumble sale, was that it was made out of resin. It was not until I picked it up and looked at it again and realised that it might be made out of ceramic. It is hollow and very light in weight. The only markings I could see are the three indented circles, that is, on the back of the hat, back and lower part of the dress. A seam line can be seen on the sides and on the base. The figurine looks very old. Can you help identify this please.

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Hard to tell from the pictures, but it could be "Celluloid".

The circles look like injection moulded marks. Looks 60s-70s in style. Not sure they'd still be using celluloid then.

...but probably some sort of plastic.

I haven't a clue. that is, whether Celluloid or some type of ceramic material. Been to the jumble sale again this morning, what a struck of luck. Just picked up another one, but this time it's a boy. It too has all the relevant markings like the one posted. I paired them up and accidently knocked these together and they do sound like some sort of pottery. Not only is this figurine hollow. The applied or should I say colouring to the figurines on close up, show hairline marks, a bit like scrolls. They do not look deep, however are on all of the body and clothing of the figurines. Unable to get a good picture to show you this. Both figurine are very brittle and I am more than certain, that, if they were dropped from a small height, would break into small fragments. I think the figurines could possibly be made around the 1910's - 1940's, that is, looking at the features and style of dress. Celluloid is a natural raw material and is flexible when heat is applied and currently still used today. If they are injection markings as stated, can you tell me more about how this figurine was made. I did look at hard synthetic plastics as this was introduced around the 40's. I'm more than certain that this is not plastic either. The lady who sold me them, was an elderly lady and told me that she had them from when she was a child and that it was given to her as an Easter present. If I can find one with this same type of indented circle markings to the rare, would help considerably to find answers. Both of them are about 3 1/4" high.

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The lady who sold me them, was an elderly lady and told me that she had them from when she was a child and that it was given to her as an Easter present.

Assuming she's around 80, then she would have been around 7yrs old in 1940. Most likely there are post-war, so late 40s-50s.

Hello Naomi, Your guess is as good as mine. I will leave it around the period you think it might be until any further information comes to light. Thanks!!