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    Posted 5 years ago

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    A Royal Doulton figurine titled 'Top of the Hill'. Recently found at a thrift. I bought because it reminded me of my Great Aunt Margaret who was so fascinating. You climbed a winding staircase in an old apartment building to come to her apartment which was furnished in 1930s furniture. Did she have figurines in her apartment, I don't remember, Or maybe I bought it because it reminded me of a Jane Austin character or just a trip to England.
    I'm not sure, but could the number 1833 mean it was made int he 1930s? I just assumed it was from the 1960-1970s. I hope a Royal Doulton expert will weigh in on this.

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    1. Newfld Newfld, 5 years ago
      Beautiful RD figurine, that's one of their classics Maureen this may be one of the first issues. My own aunt had this in the later red dress version, hers was ca 1970s I think. Great find!
    2. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Jenni, I had no idea it might be quite a older than the 1970s. I just looked up the marks. I need to do more research! Thanks, Maureen
    3. Daisy1000 Daisy1000, 5 years ago
      Exquisite Royal Doulton figurine. The colours — fragile spring green & crocuses.
    4. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Hi Daisy1000, It does say spring to me, too. Everything turning green and starting to bloom.
      Thanks
      Ben,
      Aura,
      Daisy1000,
      fortapache,
      and
      Jenni
      For the love!
    5. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      racer4four and Vynil33rpm thanks for the love!
    6. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Keramikos, Thank you, thank you for all this information! There is an impressed mark to the lower left of the T in Top. I found it very hard to read but it looks like 366 to me. So would that possibly mean 1936, and June? These numbers are really hard to read and the first one is almost totally indecipherable. I scraped a bit of the tag off and there is nothing underneath it. JG is the monogram of Jessie Gandy. So I need to find out the years the artist was active to help me pin it down. I looked up Leslie Harradine and really enjoyed his biography. Again, thanks for all the enlightening information. Can you read the impressed mark?
      Best, Maureen
    7. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Keramikos, Yes, I tried different light and angles. It seemed most readable at an odd 45 degree angle, but still can't definitively say what the first number is:)
    8. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Thanks for the love kwqd, and keramikos.
    9. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Yes, I hadn't gone quite as far as you had, but I found a reference to her that would imply it would have to be early production if it is indeed her signature. I saw her monogram on this site:

      https://antique-marks.com/doulton-artists-marks-g.html

      I wrote to Royal Doulton. I will let you know if they respond.
    10. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      Great work keramikos!. Royal Doulton said they forwarded my inquiry to the right department and would get back to me.
    11. plein-air-painter plein-air-painter, 5 years ago
      That's very interesting. Seems like a few Gandys were artists. I wonder if or how they were related.

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