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HARRY TITTENSOR - 26 - 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 To add to your collection
When Charles Noke launched the HN figure collection in 1913, he included several animals dressed as humans, a wolf, a fox and a rabbit and these have become the rarest animals to find. The rabbit is particularly desirable as he is regarded as an early ancestor of the Bunnykins family (See page 6). The idea of endowing animals with Royal Doulton paid tribute ute to these pioneers for Bunnykins 75th h bir birthday rthday and Shane Ridge re-modeled the he fa family. amily. The edition of 500 quickly sold out around the world so call your our Pascoe sales advisor for availability ailabbility of these tribute pieces and also o the Huntsman Bunnykins of the e Yea Year ar for 2009. Collector Bunnykins DB54 Height: 4 ¼ inches 1987 - R3,750 Rabbit stoneware Height: 1 inch c.1900 - R7,000 call Pascoe & Company 0-800-982-448 Rabbiting On Rabbit flambé Bernard Moore Height: 3 inches 1920 - R12,500 human characteristics has a long tradition ittion at Doulton. George Tinworth modeled mice aand and frogs engaged in human pursuits and Mark ark Marshall modeled rabbits with marital ital problems in The Waning of the Honeymoon. Waning of the Honeymoon 1880 Bunnykins are Royal Doulton’s most famous rabbits and the nursery ware originated by Barbara Vernon in 1934 is now the oldest and best –selling children’s china in the world. The first Bunnykins figures date from 1939 but war cut short production and they were only made for a brief period making the original Bunnykins family very rare. Lop-eared Lop-eare Lop e rabbit flambé Height: Heig 2 ½ inches 1913-96 - R1,250 ORIGINAL BUNNYKINS FAMILY Call for price 1939 Left to right: Billy Bunnykins D6001 Height: 4 ½ inches Mother Bunnykins D6004 Height: 7 inches Reggie Bunnykins D6025 Height: 3 ¾ inches Farmer Bunnykins D6003 Height: 7 ¼ inches Mary Bunnykins D6002 Height: 5 ½ inches Freddie Bunnykins D6024 Height: 3 ½ inches Naturalistic Naturali portrayals of rabbits were also als a feature of the Lambeth and Burs BBurslem collections but even when whenn the th creatures don’t wear clothes, clothhes, they often have comical characters, charaacte as with the Lop-Eared Rabbit Rabb which was made in a variety of colors, including flambé. - 27 - Connoisseur
Page 1 and 2: Connoisseur Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010
Page 3 and 4: 2011 ANNUALS Sweet Roses RA26 2011
Page 5 and 6: Santa Makes His List HN5468 2010 An
Page 7 and 8: HUNTING WARE Doulton’s earliest a
Page 9 and 10: Peggy’s Royal Doulton career bega
Page 11 and 12: CHRISTMAS Good King Wenceslas HN211
Page 13 and 14: LADY MUSICIANS Limited edition of 7
Page 15 and 16: MINIATURE FLOWER SELLERS Height: 4
Page 17 and 18: Peacock HN4846 Royal Doulton Modele
Page 19 and 20: Barack Obama D73000 Modeled by T. P
Page 21 and 22: FAMOUS SISTERS Hannah’s chief com
Page 23 and 24: THE GILDER’S ART The most beautif
Page 25: Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in F
Page 29 and 30: CHINA JUGS Sancho Panza China Illum
Page 31 and 32: glazes making considerably more tha

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