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Henry Irving as
Mephistopheles in Faust
Mephistopheles jug D5757
Height: 7 inches nches
1937-48
FAUSTIAN FIGURES
This unusual double-sided figurine portrays Mephistopheles istopheles
and Marguerite from Faust’s great drama. The Prince incee
of
Darkness and the innocent Marguerite were made
famous on the London stage in 1885 by Henry Irving rvinng
and Ellen Terry. Charles Noke produced different fereent
colorways of his Vellum figure in the 1890s and d then
reprised the design in a smaller size for the he HN HHN
collection. He also portrayed two sides of Mephistopheles tophheles
as a character jug and a match striker so there is s scope sccope
for f a
complete Faustian collection.
Mephistopheles Matchstriker (R)
Height: 3 ¾ inches
c.1900
call Pascoe & Company 0-800-982-448
Rarest of the Rare
Mephistopheles Mep M
&
Marguerite Marg M HN755 (R)
Height: Heig H 7 ¾ inches
1925-49 1 925
PHOEBE STABLER
Mephistopheles & Marguerite Vellum
Height: 12 ½ inches
1891
Phoebe Stabler was a very successful London sculptor
who sold Doulton the reproduction rights for several
models. She exhibited her work at the Royal Academy
and the Paris Salon and was equally at home with
monumental sculpture, garden statuary and small scale
figures in bronze, lead, stone and ceramic. According Phoebe Stabler at work
to Doulton’s first figure catalog, PPhoebe
modeled the Picardy Peasant in the open air
from from life
and sshe
has created a poignant study of an old man selling
his grain
at a market in Normandy. There were only three artists
painting paintingg
the new n Doulton figurines between 1913 and 1917 and
records recorrds
indicate ind that only 18 male
Picardy Picaardy
PPeasants
were decorated
during durring
th those years. It seems as if
onl only ly a few fe have survived as it is
a very veery
rare ra figure.
Picardy Peasant HN13
Height: 9 inches
November 1913
Making the Picardy Peasant, 1913
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