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

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Animals have always been a popular giftware line for Doulton’s with many animal models even pre-dating the first introductions to their famous HN figure range in 1913.

A Titanian vase featuring an owl – always a popular subject!

One particular animal that always has collectors clamouring for it is the owl – produced in many variations from character examples, to realistic interpretations!

A very unusual version of Granny Owl.

Even before the early HN animals, owls featured in many Doulton Lambeth works of art! The great Leslie Harradine modelled this vase for reproduction; ‘night and day’ shown here with the owl central to the night panel!

There are further examples by the likes of Simmeon and Pope of garden statuary…

…and of course this charming Bibelot…

…to this tooth pick holder…

….and even this wonderful biscuit or tobacco jar in the form of an owl!

Returning to the Burselm studio, owls featured frequently in Doulton’s hand painted wares and in particular their Titanian range such as this example…

…and there is also a charming seriesware pattern featuring owls to collect – although examples are hard to find!

Doulton’s owl studies from the Burselm studio can be found in unusual glazes from Flambé to Sung, although once again these are hard to come by today!

Rare flambé Owl and Owlet.

Perhaps my favourite example is this character owl ‘Granny Owl’ HN 187, wrapped up in her shawl and who perhaps explains their popularity as it embodies that romantic feel Doulton owls have and why collectors fight to own these delightful studies!