Boehm
(pronunciation: bame, like blame without the L)
Boehm is Known for its very large and complicated sculptures of flowers and birds, usually found on display at museums. Smaller figurines of North American flowers and birds are available for household display. Boehm also produces a line of flowers and figures especially for brides and a few Christmas ornaments. Some purchases from the official website provides that the profit from the purchase is given to Life Lover Foundation for cancer research.
You can also purchase Boehm from jewelry stores and at finer department and gift stores. Most of these will have figurines from previous years still in stock, and sometimes they discount from the official price. The quality is assured, so buying on-line or through mail order is safe as long as there is a return policy for full replacement or refund if the figurine arrives damaged.
My opinion: Although I have a beautiful, old seagull figurine, I consider the modern production pricey and a bit schmaltzy. Plan on one special figurine, pick carefully, and try to get someone else to buy it for you for a special occasion.
No organized secondary market that I know of.
The Boehm Porcelain Company will restore porcelain by other companies on request.
Product Lines:
Limited Edition Animals: North American, African and fantasy figures painted in lifelike colors and are matte to emulate fur or feathers. The fantasy animal currently available is Pegasus and is in matte white porcelain.
Regular Issue Animals: A few animals are produced in open editions, meaning that there is no limit to how many copied the company can make. They include polar bears, elephants, pandas and koalas,
Limited Edition Birds: from hummingbirds to pelicans, the smaller birds are portrayed life-size, while the larger birds are fairly close to life-size.
Regular Edition Birds: Also painted in life-like colors and with a matte surface, these are small North American birds on natural perches.
Limited Edition Florals: Some of these figurines are a natural arrangement of one or more blooms depicted as if growing from the ground, and some are in vases. Boehm also produces single blossom roses gracefully arranged on a branch with leaves. The more complicated flower figures include a small bird, such as a hummingbird or small warbler. The line includes very large cut flower arrangements suitable for table centerpieces or display of a buffet. The most impressive florals are the two bird of paradise arrangements.
Regular Edition Florals: Single blooms of roses, orchids and iris, identified by the gardener’s name for the species. Also, lilies, camellias, magnolias, dogwood, ginger and anthurium.
Religious and Nativity Sculptures: The Nativity figures are beautifully modelled and produces in plain white porcelain. The Nativity includes all the major players plus animals, which are purchased separately and therefore can be acquired gradually as funds permit. They also have a selection of angels, and figures of Moses, St. Francis and the Madonna. A few figures have added gilding.
Prices
Limited edition Animals: from $2,000 to $14,000.
Regular Edition Animals: less than $1,000.
Limited Edition Birds: from $700 to $12,000.
Regular Edition Birds: $300 to $500
Limited Edition Florals: from $300 to $5,000.
Regular edition Florals: from $125 to $500.
Nativity and Religious Sculptures: $125 to $7,500.
Collector’s Society: None. Here is your opportunity to start one.
The official company site is: http://boehmporcelain.com
History
E. M. Boehm, now Boehm Porcelain, was established in 1950 in Trenton, NJ by Edward Marshall Boehm and his wife Helen. The workshop has grown considerably, but remains at the same location today. The Boehm Company has provided a number of specially made presentation pieces for US Presidents and European Royalty, and their beautiful porcelain figures reside in a number of prominent museums in the US and abroad. A recent museum in the Vatican was named for Edward Marshall Boehm, the first named for an American citizen and not for a pope or royal house. Books about Boehm porcelain were published in 1960 and 1976. Edward Marchall Boehm died in 1969. The company was purchased by interested admirers in 2009 to keep it from being moved offshore.
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