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A figurine of a coach with fancy people emerging.Just wondering if anyone knew what this was or had any information on it. Thanks.

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August 13, 20210 found this helpful
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I believe this is an antique "Fleetwood" Dresden porcelain figurine.

 

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I am not familiar with this brand and I cannot find any history of the company online which usually means it is not a prominent well known company.

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I did not see your particular piece online but after viewing several sites it appears the Fleetwood brand is very low in value and, although your piece seems to be better made, most pieces seem to be of poor workmanship compared to similar pieces with or without brand names.
Your piece, nor any other Fleetwood piece that I researched, had any mention of where (country) pieces were manufactured. No piece had anymore marks than yours - just Fleetwood.

I did see several pieces with statements like 'made in Japan' or 'Made in Germany' but no proof of that statement.
These inexpensive figurines have been in production since the 1930's and companies mass produced them and sent them to distributors in the US who sold to 5 & 10 cent stores so people could have low cost figurines that were similar to the high price figurines sold in the big department stores and jewelry stores.

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These were particularly popular in the 50's - 70's.

Hopefully, another member will be able to supply better information so be sure to keep checking back.

 
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August 14, 20210 found this helpful

Thank you!

 

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You're welcome.
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August 13, 20210 found this helpful

None of the Fleetwood figurines listed on eBay are asking more than $20.

 

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August 28, 20210 found this helpful

Judy is right, there is Fleetwood lettering on the back of your figurine.

You can easily find porcelain and figurines with the Fleetwood mark on sale. Figurines have Fleetwood, and china usually has mark Fleetwood China. Mostly they have a Fleetwood stamp on back like these Vintage Fleetwood Set Of 4 Porcelain Tea Cups And Saucers www.etsy.com/.../vintage-fleetwood-set-of-4-porcelain...

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Sellers of Fleetwood porcelain and figurines often do not know where they were made or write incorrect information.
The seller of Vintage Fleetwood China 22K Gold Washed Ceramic Shoe saw backmark Fleetwood China and wrote that his Ceramic Shoe was made in China www.ebay.com/.../133453235593
I found FLEETWOOD CERAMIC FIGURINE VICTORIAN FRENCH HAND PAINTED JAPANESE stamped FLEETWOOD www.ebay.com/.../183737061090, the seller wrote Country / Region of Manufacture: Japan.
Here is another figurine with Fleetwood stamp and the name Fleetwood Dresden Lace Porcelain Figurine
www.worthpoint.com/.../fleetwood-dresden-lace-porcelain....
To be honest, I did not agree with Iceskater and did not think that you have Dresden porcelain figurine. I continued to search.

And I found a Fleetwood China (Moriage Hand Painted Dragonware) creamer set with the same handwritten backmark Fleetwood China as yours and with the Japan label www.ebay.com/.../114541694201.

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So now I have no doubt that your figurine was made in Japan.
Your figurine below the Fleetwood inscription also had such a label glued on (there is some glue left).

Your figurine was made in the 1950s.
When the Occupation ended in 1952, marks no longer contained the work "Occupied" so pieces were again marked only with "JAPAN" or "MADE IN JAPAN". Prior to WWII, paper labels were flimsy and the glue was often not strong, so the Customs Bureau usually made importers replace the labels with indelible ink backstamps. In the 1950s, technology improved and paper labels were allowed. This is when the paper label era really began.

About the price.
Most of these figurines are inexpensive. VTG Porcelain Victorian Figurine Lace Lady / Monkey VASE Marked Gold FLEETWOOD (approximately 6" tall and 4 1/2" wide) was sold for $ 9.99 picclick.com/VTG-Porcelain-Victorian-Figurine....

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The price of FLEETWOOD CERAMIC FIGURINE VICTORIAN FRENCH HAND PAINTED JAPANESE (size 5" X 2 5/8" base X 4 1/2" high) is $ 17.99 www.ebay.com/.../183737061090, but this figurine has "EX. FINE SMALL SECTION OF THE CERAMIC LACE MISSING ON THE MANS LEFT CUFF AND THE BACK OF THE WOMAN'S".
Vtg Pair Hand Painted Vintage 17th Century Style Bisque Man & Woman, Fleetwood (approximately 8-1 / 2 inches tall, 4 inches wide and 2-1 / 4 inches deep) is on sale for $ 36.79 www.ebay.com/.../114921290593.

You have not indicated the size of your figurine, but it seems to me that it is not very small. I think the price is about $30, but add its size or compare with these figurines www.ebay.com/.../183737061090, www.ebay.com/.../114921290593.

Good luck

 
August 28, 20210 found this helpful

I found two small figures with the same inscription as your figure www.shopgoodwill.com/.../84965127, sgwmscdnimages.azureedge.net/.../253856881400EsrS.JPG. 4 small Fleetwood Porcelain Victorian Figurines Japan were auctioned for $ 28.99.

3 Figurines Including Fleetwood and Wales (made in Japan) were sold for $ 14 www.ebth.com/.../5703000-figurines-including-fleetwood....

 

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