Near Mint Hummel Goebel "Heavenly Protection" Guardian Angel w Children …

lHummel Goebel "Heavenly Protection" Guardian Angel w Children Ceramic Figurine. Near Mint Condition Referred to as the "Stylized Bee Mark" and signified the move to TMK-3. from 1960-1963. It's stamped #88. Hummel 'Heavenly Protection' Porcelain Figurine This figurine features a gentle and gracious angel of God protecting two young children who appear to be lost. This figurine is titled "Heavenly Protection" The angel's youthful face is serene, her short hair clustered in soft curls over her perfectly shaped head and the large folded wings behind her back are fluted and rust-tipped. Over her long robe is an orange cloak which she spreads gently over the children as a gesture of her heavenly protection. The two children are wearing traditional Bavarian clothes and are probably on their way to celebrate Oktoberfest or Kinderfest. The boy is wearing a brim down lodenhut and a trachten jacket over his lederhosen and the girl is wearing a dirndl dress. Heavenly Protection was first introduced in the late-1930’s and was created by master sculptor Reinhold Unger. It is crafted out of porcelain and hand painted in shades of brown, orange and blue. It stands 9 1/8x4 1/8x3 1/2.It is Hummel 'Heavenly Protection' Porcelain Figurine This figurine features a gentle and gracious angel of God protecting two young children who appear to be lost. T on the back of the angel's robe and on the underside with TMK-6 The Missing Bee trademark. Made in W. Germany