MORE COLOR!!! Eh, gads, sewandsew...you guys are just going wild with the red, blue & yellow! I am "green" with envy...anyone using that yet??? Love it! Love this vignette...the purples are a perfect fit! and I like the background, too...the black metal sun & whatever ...greenery in the wonderful background...just plain awesome! TFS! Keep up the good 3rd shift work! TFS! Jeanne S.

Purplemoon - I am in AWE of your totems! The pitcher frog is so cute!!! I love the colors and how you put them together. And, the amber totems are so "classy" ... wow, I am amazed at how you glass/mosaic people come up with these wonderful finished pieces!! Haven't ventured into totems yet (nor bb's)...but I keep tucking away pieces of glass now in my garden shed. And I'm ready to do a "rope-wrapped" bowling ball for my nautical part of pool garden...just plain and simple ol' haymow rope. Glad you had a "blonde" day ... or not a "blonde" day, whatever??? Thanks for sharing! Jeanne S.

Goebel made many different lines, not just the Hummel line. Worthpoint has a number of the "negro" figures on their site & I have personally sold a number of them. Just because there isn't a lot of information about them on the internet doesn't mean they don't exist. Pieces were not required to have a country of origin if they weren't imported, as the OP indicated it was probably bought in Germany. Here in Canada we see alot of english china that has no country of origin because they were brought over with the rest of the household goods. Here is a link that might be useful: goebel hummel girl

Can you provide a photo of the bottom and close-ups of the markings? That would be a big help. Is the tray metal or ceramic? The perimeter of the tray has flutes sized for cigarettes, but it is a big ash tray. At approximately 14: x 10", it could handle a big cigar. Do you know if this tray was intended for use by a sizeable number of smokers such as a hotel lobby or the sitting room jn a men's club?