Colman's Starch Girl by Millennium Collectables - Royal Doulton Advertising Character

• Limited edition of 400
• Colors: White and pink
• Individually numbered and presented in a special gift box with Limited Edition Certificate and historical background
• Hand made and decorated in the UK in Stoke-on-Trent
• Height: 8" (20.32cm)

The early 19th Century saw a great shortage of wheat. Therefore, it's use in the manufacture of starch was prohibited. By the early 1840's Colmans of Norwich - most famous for its mustard - had developed a rice starch and it was an instant success - being a great improvement on the wheat and maize starch that had been used in the past.

The Colman's Starch Girl is reproduced with permission of Unilever.