Kelvin's Porcelain Lace Figurine Pair — Colonial Courting Couple, Musicians, Vintage Japan
A charming mid-century pair from Kelvin's, a Japan-made porcelain giftware line popular in the American market through the 1950s–60s. The lady figure plays a tambourine in a marbleized sage-green gown with delicate applied lace trim at the neckline, sleeves, and hem; her companion plays a lute-form stringed instrument in a matching grey coat with the same fired-lace detailing. Both pieces stand on oval bases with the period-typical hand-punched vent hole underneath — a normal construction feature of hollow slip-cast bisque, not a flaw.
Condition is clean throughout: no chips or cracks noted, coloring is the original intentional marbleized treatment rather than wear, and the applied lace trim is intact on both figures. Backstamp reads "©KELVIN, B-777."
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