Description:Heubach German bisque porcelain baseball figurine c.1880s. Seldom offered large size variation batter figurine stands 14 1/2" tall with hand painted red pinstriped uniform. Clean example has only a minute chip to one corner of the small white home plate affixed to the base. Bat is a period wooden replacement. Impressed German manufacturer stampings "Geschuetzt-Gesetzlich" appear under the base. Fresh example from a private collection being offered within the hobby for the first time: EX/MT-NM