Porcelain creatures

This little girl is living in my old home. She was born in Budapest in a ceramic factory. There is a stamp there that confirms it (on the part of her body she sits on), but I don't know what year she was born. I can't wish her a happy birthday, but I can greet her every summer when I meet her. Because we don't see each other more often than that, once a year... Now I am thinking, should I take her with me one day, so that she can live near me again? After all, this is a porcelain figurine that I got a long time ago from my grandmother.

Just when I thought about this, I understood it is impossible. She needs to stay here and take care of all the other porcelain animals that either live at my old home or at my mom's place. Like a shepherdess guarding her flock, the little girl takes care of an elephant, a swan and two cats. The white, spotless winged creature and the two red kitties are also coming from my family's collection, but I adopted them some decades ago.

The elephant was a gift from a student, as he said - because they bring good luck. Well, I don't know if they bring that, but I have a "connection" with elephants, I am sure you already know that. Maybe he also knew that when he gifted me this figurine.

The collection continues in the hallway of my parents' home. These figurines were put there, without any order and "protection", probably just saved by magic from being thrown away...
I guess it is not easy to clean them of dust, so this whole collection is just placed there, on one shelf in the hallway. No one sees them, just the eye of the Collector. 😂

This is one happy bird with an umbrella. @elbuhito, is this funny penguin a relative of Bizcochito? 😁

So, there are horses, several dogs, a seagull, a goose... all of them hiding from the fate of a possible action of cleaning the house of unnecessary items. Should I save them? 😁

I know that these porcelain figurines have long gone out of fashion. But still, it would be a pity to throw them away... I still remember them from my childhood as an integral part of the display cases, with laces underneath them. And of course, it was forbidden to play with them... what if we accidentally break them?

One of the biggest and nicest figurines found its place in the living room. This one is indeed cool, and when I took this elephant into my hand to take a photo of it, my mom asked if I would like to take it with me. I would like it, yes, but most probably not this year. We came by plane this year to visit our families, and one has to calculate wisely what will be packed in the luggage.

Do you remember those times when the ceramic figurines were popular? Do you or your family still keep some of them?