Description
Mattei Bros & Co Australia Chalkware figurine of boy and girl ‘The Tiff”
Art Deco Circa 1930 this hand painted figurine of brother and sister having a tiff.
Nicely hand painted with pastel colours. These figurines are rare. The Mattei brothers were skilled in plaster casting migrating from Gromignana (Lucca) Italy to Australia in the early 1900’s establishing a factory manufacturing all sorts of figurines.
J Graham –
My grandmother had this and as a little girl I looked at it for hours. I ordered it but however the one I got is painted gold with pink flowers. gold shoes and a pink base. what is the true color of this piece?
admin –
Hi Jacqui. Amazing that this beautiful piece has bought you back to a place in your childhood. There is not one piece exactly the same as the other because they were hand painted. Some have been painted over from owners because the paint has faded. The original colors used were pastel neutral colors.
I hope this answers your question.
Kind regards
Steve
Fire & Earth Gallery