Royal Doulton Art Director, Charles Noke, had a real affection for dogs and many of the early models in the HN series are likely to be his work.
Monthly Archives: August 2015
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n recent years, a wide range of Barbie dolls designed for collectors have been produced, including a series by Royal Doulton.
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The birthstone tradition is based on ancient lore which associates individual gemstones with a particular month of the year.
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The Heroines Collection celebrates iconic women drawn from British literature and history across the centuries, from the Regency period of the 1780’s onwards to the ‘roaring’ 1920’s. Royal Doulton’s sensitive designs capture both the spirit of each young woman and the typical costumes of the age.
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Royal Doulton’s limited edition Young Queens collection portrays each of the monarchs at a moment early in their reign.
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The 12 figures in the Lady Musicians series were introduced progressively from 1970 to 1976, each one in a limited edition of 750.
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Throughout time there have been women whose impenetrable qualities have brought them awesome power and unrivaled superiority. The beguiling women of the Les Femmes Fatales collection were each made in a limited edition of 750. Designed with regal grace and dignity by Peggy Davies, each figure in the collection is highly complex and richly decorated.
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When talking about Doulton’s early Vellum figures, one cannot fail to mention Charles Noke originally chief modeller and later Art Director at Doulton’s of Burslem, without whom Doulton’s many and varied wares would not exist today.
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In the early years of the HN collection several advertising and publishing houses commissioned Doulton figures to advertise their products including The Perfect Pair HN581, which celebrates the amalgamation of Eve magazine and The Tatler from 1923.
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Royal Doulton’s Jack the Bulldog, famous for his cameo role in Skyfall, returns to the silver screen in the upcoming movie Spectre.