Since the 1960s, the best Victorian Staffordshire ceramic figures pieces
have achieved values rivaling porcelain figures from Dresden and
Meissen. Over 350 beautiful images here display the figures produced
from 1875 onward at their best, both original pieces and later
reproductions. The Parr-Kent Factory; Sampson Smith; James Sadler &
Sons, Ltd.; Lancaster & Sons, Ltd.; Joseph Unwin & Co.; and Arthur J.
Wilkinson, Ltd. are shown to have made figures ranging from portraits to
a menagerie of animals. Among the famous personages represented are
Queen Victoria, Robert Baden-Powell, Winston Churchill, Horatio Nelson,
and Woodrow Wilson. The informative text gives tips on determining
original figures from reproductions, brief histories of the
Staffordshire factories involved, and important information on values,
with value codes in the captions. This is a wonderful companion volume
to the author's three previous informative texts on this subject,
covering the period 1835-1875.