Gort Birds
| Eric and Walter Gort started the Gort China Company in 1944 in Metuchen,
New Jersey. These two brothers were originally from Hungary and emigrated
to the United States in the early forties. Eric Gort was an artist and sculpter.
Walter Gort was a ceramic engineer. Together they produced some of the highest
quality bone china figurines made in America. Their figurines covered a wide
range of subjects including birds, dogs, and people. Their people figurines
were generally done in small series with a common theme including such subjects
as children, oriental scenes, americana/folk scenes, colonial scenes,
etc...Though the Gort China Company was initially very sucessful, by the
early 1950s it was having financial problems. The company could not compete
against cheaper foreign imports and eventually closed in the mid 1950's.
Most if not all of Gort's bird figurines were designed by Auguste Jacob,
the same designer that had earlier designed most of the birds for Stangl
Pottery. It is not surprising therefore that many of Gort's birds similar
in style to Stangl's birds.
(Note: Listed below are all the Gort birds that I know to exist. Apparently these birds were issued in a series startiing with 51B and continuing through at least 67B. In the middle of the list is one unknown bird (65B).) |
| Gort China Birds (Shown In Numerical Order) | ||
| 51B Kinglet, 52B Nuthatch, 53B Chickadee, 54B Warbler, 55B Lovebird, 56B Lovebird, 57B Preening White Duck, 58B Standing Mallard Hen | ||
| 59B Feeding Mallard Hen, 60B Sitting White Duck, 61B Quacking Mallard Drake, 62B Goldfinch, 63B Blue Cap, 64B Bird of Paradise, 65B ??? Unknown, 66B Mallard Drake | ||
| 67B Mallard Hen and Duckling | ||
| Gort Bird Markings |
