The Storybook Time figurine from Hummel depicts the heart-warming scene of a mother reading to her little boy and girl. This handcrafted Hummel figurine comes direct from the world's only authorized producer of Hummel designs. It was released in the US market in 1991 and features an incised 1985 copyright date. Every piece is back-stamped by Goebel and carries the M.I. Hummel signature. M.I. Hummel products are the result of a successful partnership between W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik (German for porcelain factory) and the talented German artist, Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel. Her paintings of youthful innocence have been transformed by the master artists of the Goebel factory into three-dimensional works of art. Every new Hummel figurine is created using a painstaking process involving over 700 hand operations with many quality checkpoints. Don't let this one pass you by!