The American Fireman figure came in three sizes, from just over 4" to just under 9". Often this figure was called a Canadian Fireman in the U.K., probably because it wasn't an English uniform so they guessed Canadian. But recently a Currier and Ives print, dated 1858 and titled AMERICAN FIREMAN, was sold at Skinner (for $1100); I think it's the source material for the figures. Don't you agree?
Collecting
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
EARLY 19TH CENTURY THEATRE IN ENGLAND - PAUL PRY
PAUL PRY was a huge hit in London, three acts, opened in 1825 and ran more than 100 performances. John Liston appeared as Paul Pry and Madame Vestris also acted and sang in the production.
Liston wore Hessian boots, top hat and striped pants and his performance was so popular that his image appeared on snuff boxes, shops, signs and handkerchiefs !
The two figures at the left are Lubin Log, another famous role for John Liston.
Liston wore Hessian boots, top hat and striped pants and his performance was so popular that his image appeared on snuff boxes, shops, signs and handkerchiefs !
The two figures at the left are Lubin Log, another famous role for John Liston.
Left one is marked Salt for Ralph Salt, a very famous potter who did very few people
figures. That one is $800. The middle one is $ 1100.
The large jug is titled Paul Pry, the little one not, $ 575
and 375, no repairs.
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RETIRED SAILORS
This is a retired seaman with a peg leg who is living in the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, 8 inches tall, c. 1854.. |
Did you know that the Royal Navy was always paid with gold?
Saturday, April 27, 2013
You are looking at a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer showing the famous American lion tamer Isaac Van Amburgh coaxing the fierce and large lion to lie down with the lamb as the highlight of his London circus act. This performance was Queen Victoria's favorite and she often took her family to the London circus.
Monday, March 25, 2013
George Washington Bust
This bust of George Washington is extremely rare, beautiful, dated, and almost 8 1/2 inches tall,
but the rear view may be even more interesting, which makes it such a neat piece:
All the information about the bust is right there, Enoch Wood the famous potter, perhaps the most famous of all, and the date 1818, and below the American eagle in an adaption of the current seal of the USA (until 1841).
but the rear view may be even more interesting, which makes it such a neat piece:
All the information about the bust is right there, Enoch Wood the famous potter, perhaps the most famous of all, and the date 1818, and below the American eagle in an adaption of the current seal of the USA (until 1841).
Sunday, April 1, 2012
GREYHOUNDS
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Garniture of three American Statesmen
These figures were manufactured in the 1850s by the Thomas Parr pottery. 14-15 inches tall.
You know the Benjamin Franklin figure at the right; this figure was titled Franklin. and Washington. so that the same mould could be used twice, saving money for the frugal pottery.
You know the George Washington figure at the left, which is extremely rare, but obviously it is George and was potted as George.
You probably have never seen the middle figure which is a really rare figure, the rarest of the three, Thomas Jefferson.
You know the Benjamin Franklin figure at the right; this figure was titled Franklin. and Washington. so that the same mould could be used twice, saving money for the frugal pottery.
You know the George Washington figure at the left, which is extremely rare, but obviously it is George and was potted as George.
You probably have never seen the middle figure which is a really rare figure, the rarest of the three, Thomas Jefferson.
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