| Once Bonzo had established
himself, the demand for figurines & other items in his image
began. At this time, Germany was a prolific manufacturer of
relatively inexpensive but quality china. Most of the porcelain
factories were based in the Thuringian Wald
region of south east Germany. Several of these factories were granted a licence to produce 'official' Bonzo memorabilia, others simply jumped on the bandwagon & produced look-a-like items. Most of the German china has a mould number impressed into the items, & most also have the word 'Germany' impressed into them as well. Occasionally the word 'Foreign' appears stamped on the base of an item. Today, one must be aware that modern reproductions of some of these items exist, & are even being currently made. Here are just a few examples of the huge range of output from these factories. |
 A Bath Salts container, a tobacco jar & one of the many styles & sizes of jug. All three have an unglazed bisque finish & cold painted with their features. |
 A pair of figurines. The one on the left had a metal fly on its belly, where the hole is. The one on the right is unglazed bisque & cold painted. |
 The Bonzo Scent Spray - this has a rubber head mounted on a china body, with a silver neck ring |
 An ashtray |
 Another ashtray |
 An ashtray, or other kind of dish. |
 A Bath Crystals container - note the label. [This is regularly mis-discribed as a tobacco jar or humidor] |
 A Liquer container - this came with a set of small cups in the image of Bonzo's head. It was probably made for schnapps. |
 Most probably this is a cigarette container/holder |
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 A container, possible tobacco jar. Many examples of these were made, all with removeable heads. They have an unglazed, bisque finish. They also came in a variety of different colours, & were also copied by the Japanese |
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 Some of the many varieties of figurines produced. Some of these were also made as salt & pepper sets |
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