S S Longley provided illustrative inspiration to many of #RoyalDoulton ‘s most iconic figures over many decades dating from the 30s! Here is Genevieve HN 1962 and her inspiration! Join us Saturday 4th for a special collectors dinner (RSVP only) and Sunday 5th April 2020 for the Fair and to enjoy more #Reflections throughout April @WorldofWedgwood

Wheatley’s London Cries inspired several #RoyalDoulton figures including Spring Morning HN 1807!

Join us Saturday 4th for a special collectors dinner (RSVP only) and Sunday 5th April 2020 for the Fair and to enjoy more #Reflections throughout April @WorldofWedgwood

A Lady of the Elizabethan Period and her inspiration by Calthrop is just one example from our #Reflections exhibit @WorldOfWedgwood

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Lancelot Roberts is another artist from whom the ‘sole rights for reproduction in china’ were purchased from. Here is Harradine’s Springtime against his original image! Join us Saturday 4th for a special collectors dinner (RSVP only) and Sunday 5th April 2020 for the Fair and to enjoy more #Reflections @WorldofWedgwood

How about this for faithful reproduction in china? #RoyalDoulton Dulcinea

Join us Saturday 4th for a special collectors dinner (RSVP only) and Sunday 5th April 2020 for the Fair and to enjoy more #Reflections throughout April @WorldofWedgwood

Watch this space for more information on our next UK #RoyalDoulton, Beswick and Moorcroft event @WorldofWedgwood Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th April 2020 with special exhibition #Reflections – RD figures as a mirror of their time! Here is the early advertising figure for Yardleys inspired by the Wheatley London Cries illustration!

Folklore and legend also inspired the artists of #RoyalDoulton. Here is the Pied Piper HN 1215 from 1926! Join us Saturday 4th for a special collectors dinner (RSVP only) and Sunday 5th April 2020 for the Fair and to enjoy more #Reflections @WorldofWedgwood

Stars of stage and screen have provided much inspiration to the #RoyalDoulton HN Collection since it started in 1913. Here is Charley’s Aunt who in this version was a gift to ladies in the audience for the play’s 21st anniversary on 21st Dec 1913! Join us Sunday 5th April 2020 to enjoy more #RoyalDoultonFigures #Reflections @WorldofWedgwood

Another actor immortalised by #RoyalDoulton is Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor and theatre manager, although today his grandson Oliver Reed is better remembered! Join us Sunday 5th April for the launch of our fair and exhibition #Reflections that explores the origins of RD’s most famous faces @WorldofWedgwood

The legendary Doris Keane can be found immortalised a handful of times in #RoyalDoulton china! She came to these shores on the back of the success of the play Romance that toured extensively here and across the Atlantic! Here she is portrayed wearing a pearl necklace given to her by the clergyman hero of the play. Join us Saturday 4th for a special collectors dinner (RSVP only) and Sunday 5th April 2020 for the Fair and to enjoy more #Reflections @WorldofWedgwood