ROYAL DOULTON FIGURES

Royal Doulton Tableware, Stoke-on-Trent, 1978.  ISBN 0-906262-00-3.  Hard cover, 432 pages.  Very good; light edge and cover wear; binding sound.  Dust jacket with price intact shows light edge and cover wear.  Gift inscription on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  ‘… an authoritative work of reference and collectors’ hand book to the figures.  Included in the book are full details of all figures made at Burslem between 1913 and 1978, including their size, their colour, their dates of introduction and withdrawal, their designer, and any other details relevant to their manufacture and naming.  All figure models known have been reproduced in colour, making a total of over 850 colour plates in the book.  There is also an authoritative historical introduction, plus many incidental illustrations of background interest, full details of marks and artists, a description of figure making today to show the continuity of craftsmanship and traditional skills, and a complete index of figure names.’ (from front flap)