Anri Figure

Q: I got this carved wooden figure of a girl and her doll from my aunt’s estate. There's a sticker on the bottom that says “Anri, Italy.” What can you tell me about it?

A: Anri was founded by Anton Riffeser in 1912. The company name is a combination of the first two letters in his first and last names. Anri is located in South Tyrol, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1919, when it became part of Italy. Your figure is part of the “Happy Children” series made by Siegfried Hafner, an artist at Anri, in the mid-1960s. Some of his figures of children were used on Anri music boxes. These are rarely found today. The figure of the girl with her doll has been offered for sale online for $275.