Titania
This is a very rare figure of a woman in full length dress and a floral headband, standing 8 ½” tall. She holds a wand in her right hand and a posy in her left. The figure is probably a theatrical figure as referenced in Gordon Pugh’s Staffordshire Portrait Figures book, page 432-433, and again in Harding’s Book One, page 285.
Not much additional information is known about this figure and no print has been found to confirm its identity. However, it is assumed to represent Titania, the Queen of the Fairies, in Shakespeare’s “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream”.
More Figures of the month
Reverand Edward Meyrick Goulburn
This is a rare Staffordshire figure of the Reverand Edward Goulburn, standing approximately 11 1/2” tall and dating to about 1860.
Richard Cobden
This is a rare Staffordshire figure of Richard Cobden, the English politician, economist, and leader of the effort to abolish the Corn Laws in 1846.
Rare pair of camel figures
This is a rare, mirror image pair of Staffordshire camel figures. They are generally believed to represent Lady Hester Stanhope and her personal physician and companion Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon, though this attribution is not certain.
Pair of standing lions
This is a fine pair of Staffordshire lions standing on coloured bases. Each lion is approximately 10” tall and dates to about 1860. These figures may be found in Harding’s Book Two, page 259.
Rare figure of Victorian card playing
At first glance, this may appear to be an ordinary arbour figure. But upon closer inspection, one can see these three people are engaged in a game of cards.
George Washington and Zachary Taylor
This is a very rare pair of figures portraying George Washington and Zachary Taylor. They stand approximately 9” and 9.1″ tall, and date to approximately 1850.
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