Lladro Winter Bell

25-Character Title Lladro Winter Bell (18) Alternates: Lladro 17616 Winter Bell (24) Lladro Bisque Winter Bell (25) Lladro 1991 Winter Bell (23) HiBid DESCRIPTION LLADR MATTE BISQUE PORCELAIN BELL - "WINTER", No. 17616, ISSUED 1991 AND RETIRED 1998, WITH ORIGINAL BOX The tenth Lladr piece from this estate and the second unglazed piece in the group. A small dome-form hanging bell in white matte bisque porcelain, modeled in low relief with a winter scene of a young woman in a long coat and bonnet walking through falling snow past evergreen trees and a distant house, with snowflakes worked into the field above her. The lower body carries a soft pale blue band just above the flared rim, the only color on the piece, and there is a pierced loop at the crown for hanging. Inside is a white porcelain clapper suspended on a gilt wire. The interior carries a blue printed Lladr backstamp and two small paper factory dots. Model 17616, one of Lladr's seasonal bells, issued in 1991 and retired in 1998. It comes with its original white and gray Lladr carton printed with the bell-flower logo and LLADR, with an end panel showing a photograph of the bell, an M size code, and barcode 7 37859 17616 2. Roughly 2.7 to 3 inches high and about the same across the rim. Sold as one bell with its original box. Description Lladr white matte bisque porcelain bell, dome or bell-tent form with a plain flared rim and a small pierced knob loop at the top for a ribbon or ornament hook. Low-relief winter scene running around the body: a young woman in a long full skirt, coat, and bonnet walking to the left, with evergreen or fir trees behind her, a suggestion of a distant building and fence line, and scattered snowflakes and bare branches modeled into the upper field; the relief is soft and shallow, the way Lladr worked these seasonal bells. A soft pale blue band around the lower body just above the rim, the single element of color on an otherwise all-white piece. Interior fitted with a white porcelain teardrop clapper hung on a gilt metal wire from a coiled loop at the crown; the clapper is present and attached. The interior wall is marked with a blue printed Lladr backstamp that is only partly visible and not fully legible in the photograph, along with a small round teal paper factory dot and a second round paper dot. Because the mark is photographed at an angle and partly out of frame, no wording, year, or DAISA line from that mark is quoted here. Original box included, a white carton with gray panels printed with the bell-flower logo and LLADR, taped at the lid, with an end panel showing a photograph of the bell, a small Lladr logo, a size code M, printed model numerals that are small and partly illegible, and barcode 7 37859 17616 2. Roughly 2.7 to 3 inches high and 2.7 to 3 inches across, consistent with the tape-measure photograph, in which the tape is stood on the carpet beside the bell rather than fixed to it, so the figures are close estimates. No overhead measured photograph of the rim was taken. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. Attribution note Lladr is the Spanish porcelain house founded by the brothers Juan, Jos, and Vicente Lladr near Valencia in the 1950s, and this bell is marked as crafted in Spain. DAISA is the group entity holding the design copyrights, so a DAISA date in a Lladr mark is a design copyright date rather than necessarily the year the piece was made. Numbers in the 17000 range were used by Lladr for smaller giftware and accessory forms such as bells, votive holders, and plaques rather than for the figurine line, the same numbering family as the 17658 Dolphins at Play votive elsewhere in this sale. This is model 17616, the Winter subject from Lladr's seasonal bell group, in white matte bisque porcelain with embossed winter figures and a soft blue band near the base, and per the consignor's research it was issued in 1991 and retired in 1998, so it is no longer in production. The number 17616 also appears in the barcode printed on the original carton. The small printed model numerals on the box label are difficult to read in the photograph, so bidders who need the number confirmed in hand should ask before bidding. No representation is made as to secondary-market value or edition size, and only the single Winter bell pictured is offered here; the matching bells from the seasonal group are not included. All identification here is read from the packaging and the piece as visible in these photographs together with the consignor's research, is offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion, and is not guaranteed. Bid on the item as pictured. Condition Used display porcelain in very good condition for age, sold as-is. The bell appears complete and undamaged in the photographs, with the rim, the hanging loop, the relief scene, the blue band, and the clapper and its gilt wire all present and no obvious chips, cracks, or repairs at the resolution shown. Bisque porcelain is unglaz