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HARRY TITTENSOR
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Connoisseur
Rarest of the Rare
Apprenticed to Doulton at the age of 14 in 1900, Tittensor became one of the company’s most versatile rssatile
artists.
He was equally skilled as a modeler and painter, working in many different styles of Burslem art wwares.
wares. He
excelled in Oriental su subject matter and no doubt helped devise the exotic colorways for his Forty y TThieves,
Thieves,
wh which are all very collectible today. His Pretty Lady was inspired by an Arthur AArthur
Ra Rackham ackham a illustration and became a popular model in the 1920s being made in inn
ten
diff different f erent colorw colorways. However, this lilac version is unrecorded. orrded.
By adding a shawl and bonnet, , Tittensor later created edd
the
classic Pa PParson’s rs r Daughter. er. r
Spook HN51 (R)
Height: 7 inches
February 1919
ERNEST ERN ERR
W. LIGHT
One of the Forty HN666
Height: 7 ¼ inches
June 1933
The Parson’s Daughter HN564
Height: 9 ½ inches
1923-49
Light Lighht
wa was head of the local art school in Stoke and he
worke wworked
as a modeler for Doulton and Wedgwood in his
spar spare time. He contributed a number of early figurines
to tthe
HN collection, including The Curtsey, which
was was made in ten different colorways. Each color must
have
been made in very limited numbers umbers bers as they
are aare
all al extremely hard to find today,
As
s well wel as his lady figures, Light also modeled moddeled
thre three ee soldier so figures during World War I. TThe
The
mo model odel ffor
the Digger figure was John. n. A. AA.
B.
Sho Shorter, orter, r son s of Doulton’s Australian agent, ent, , and
appa apparently the young soldier was waas
criti criticized at the time for having his hiss
han hands in his pockets when he posed. d.
Digger HN322 (R)
Height: 11 ¼ inches
The Curtsey HN327
1918-38
Height: 11 inches
1918-36
ALBERT R TOFT TOF
Pretty Lady
Height: 10 inches
c.1923
Unrecorded colorway
The son of a potter, Toft studied at Stoke School of Art and was
apprenticed as a modeler at Wedgwood before winning a
scholarship to the Royal College in London. For Doulton he
modeled a figure of the actor W.S. Penley in the role of Charley’s
Aunt, which was commissioned by the playwright ayywright
Brendon Thomas Thom Thomas aand
given to the ladies es
in in the
audience at the 21st anniversary errsary
performance performannce
in London in 1913.
W.S. W S Penley as Charley’s Aunt
Arthur Rackham Drawing
Charley’s Aunt HN35
Height: 7 inches
December 5, 1913
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