Walter Bosse Giraffe Figurine

This is a cute porcelain figurine made by Metzler & Ortloff in the late 1920's. Metzler & Ortloff was founded originally around 1873 and finally closed its doors in 1976. This figurine was designed during their best period by the famous Walter Bosse who worked for them from 1926 until 1930. He made about 200 different figures though most are dogs or such things and very few are larger pieces. The piece here is of a giraffe figure standing on a rectangular base with rounded corners and a flower with its leaves next to it. The piece is part of their place card holder series. A hard to find example. The giraffe is super cute with brown and yellow patches, a brown tail and a cute face. The figure is modeled and hand painted in the typical fashion for this maker and designer. I have never come across this piece before but found another example in my searches. I have a few other pieces from this series if anyone would like to make a set. I have them all up on the site. These really are fun little figures! The figurine is in perfect condition which always helps and is marked underneath with the green MO mork under a crown in a circle as well as an impressed number 5548 and Germany in black as shown. The figurine is 2.625 inches tall, 1 inches wide and 1.75 inches long. Please email me for more information or photos.