tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79729556201327690302024-02-19T00:46:29.916-08:00News & UpdatesElinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-17596047125555134442013-09-17T07:53:00.000-07:002013-09-17T07:53:26.199-07:00RABBITS !Wow! Last week at Christie's South Ken<br />
a pair of white rabbits fetched $11, 685.<br />
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This is just GREAT NEWS. I have the same pair for $7500 .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtY9JuWPfJ8T6KzFBueFEIRnTPjq1Ha1HHJAx11XhoEddyh6pakotAlzo66DUoQ0H4Eg_fTMSafwbU5YtK0L8F9-_zQmKDBYFWp5tPbRMsf8rRbWGmOHEbbW-wHohynVU7nm_mxqSqxFY/s1600/rabbits+at+Christies+11,685++Sept+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtY9JuWPfJ8T6KzFBueFEIRnTPjq1Ha1HHJAx11XhoEddyh6pakotAlzo66DUoQ0H4Eg_fTMSafwbU5YtK0L8F9-_zQmKDBYFWp5tPbRMsf8rRbWGmOHEbbW-wHohynVU7nm_mxqSqxFY/s1600/rabbits+at+Christies+11,685++Sept+2013.jpg" /></a></div>
Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-91747336591789517852013-09-05T16:47:00.001-07:002013-09-05T16:47:25.109-07:00Fox Vases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fox and kit spill vases, 8 1/2 inches tall, beautiful pink interiors, very rare figures and interesting, because they have often been sold as wolves. A visit to GOOGLE resulted in the info that foxes and wolves are part of the canine family, just like the family pet. A baby wolf is called a pup. Lots of info if you click:<div>
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Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-15951033209408626342013-03-11T14:44:00.000-07:002013-03-11T14:44:08.563-07:00IS ANOTHER QUEEN IN THE UK FUTURE ?There was an interesting article in the New York Post on March 10th:<br />
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<img border="0" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2013/03/10/pulse/web_photos/william_kate--140x100.jpg" width="140" /> Lots of interesting history and speculation about the summer arrival of Queen Elizabeth's great grandaughter ! Bookies have already made Diana the favorite name !!Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-70437476857389721852013-02-23T15:56:00.001-08:002013-02-23T15:56:35.254-08:00Last week in the UK a pair of Milk Sold Here cows made almost 3500 pounds sterling at auction.<br />
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but except for the one spill chip they look really great, and I would love to own them!</div>
<br />Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-76298193717221232442012-12-05T06:01:00.002-08:002012-12-05T07:28:38.221-08:00Absentee Bidding: at the mercy of the Auctioneer<div>
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Aren't these wonderful? Almost 9" tall. <br />
They sold last May for around $2200 in England.<br />
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It would appear some poor soul left a bid of 1200 pounds, but lost them; the dogs sold for 1220.<br />
Can you imagine a 20 pound increment at that level? </div>
Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-79346749478398707792012-12-05T05:48:00.000-08:002012-12-05T05:48:24.980-08:00www.staffordshirefigureassociation.com<h2>
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If you would like a copy of an old SFA Bulletin please email me: elpen@aol.com Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-89878824749354735722011-07-11T12:48:00.000-07:002011-07-11T13:21:43.130-07:00Pair of Lincoln and Wellington on horseback<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAhIz53b4bd4n-fPWpWXGKEcjeRjjy8pna0UUEdWR6Ypn1OoiyQlHTmTLXZtd6U6qQHWBGuqGtpCxAEyjr0NLFhRX5iXHk2Gi1PJgjwHEZT0TKsV7mf4GEPfRIUzYFhBtKThMldTArs0/s1600/Abe+and+the+Duke+equest+pair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628191767210746290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAhIz53b4bd4n-fPWpWXGKEcjeRjjy8pna0UUEdWR6Ypn1OoiyQlHTmTLXZtd6U6qQHWBGuqGtpCxAEyjr0NLFhRX5iXHk2Gi1PJgjwHEZT0TKsV7mf4GEPfRIUzYFhBtKThMldTArs0/s200/Abe+and+the+Duke+equest+pair.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>I was absolutely thrilled to hear from Louise Stevenson with the answer to <em>my problem</em>, about why Abraham Lincoln was paired by the mid Victorian potters with the Duke of Wellington.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Louise is an expert on the world of Uncle Tom and spoke to the Staffordshire Figure Association several years ago on the subject of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom; it was fascinating stuff.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>The Illustrated London News was an important source for the potters and many, many moulds were based on the newspaper prints. For years we wondered why Garibaldi was paired with William Shakespeare as they lived centuries apart but it seems that Garibaldi visited England just about the time of Shakespeare's 300th birthday, and surely in some issue of the News in 1864 the two pictures were juxtaposed. (See Stephen Smith's Sunderland site for more on this: <a href="http://www.matesoundthepump.com/">http://www.matesoundthepump.com/</a> )</div><br /><br /><br /><div>So, back to Lincoln and Wellington. The assassination of President Lincoln was much in the worldwide news in 1865, which happened to be the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), easily explaining why these famous men were paired up by the potters. </div><br /><div>What it doesn't explain, why on horseback?</div>Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-46125604218371358942009-12-20T10:08:00.000-08:002009-12-20T10:11:52.560-08:00<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/lifestyle/pets/pup_fit_fur_royalty_0gQjPNMxZPlUapakFG9DgK">http://www.nypost.com/p/lifestyle/pets/pup_fit_fur_royalty_0gQjPNMxZPlUapakFG9DgK</a><br /><br /> Most of you will really enjoy this article in today's New York Post. The movie<br />YOUNG VICTORIA has gotten great reviews in New York, and another from the Queen of Victoria collectors, Linda Sarna.Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-63495615925655183022009-06-18T16:05:00.000-07:002012-12-05T06:00:27.305-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKYx8WD_jm4ARJ7RB3tUxEHmY5R1KVWyzU5RRO4xAj3QEFoN34zzBR7Z4556-KzEfaurnwfJ7OnRjzBUKDK0O31A03xu2f6PdDfAjMDr1DD2uYE5uPTKMQ8gUrthYS_HXhJM9O5pTS2o/s1600-h/landseer+dog+from+June+17+NYC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348808738325302802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKYx8WD_jm4ARJ7RB3tUxEHmY5R1KVWyzU5RRO4xAj3QEFoN34zzBR7Z4556-KzEfaurnwfJ7OnRjzBUKDK0O31A03xu2f6PdDfAjMDr1DD2uYE5uPTKMQ8gUrthYS_HXhJM9O5pTS2o/s320/landseer+dog+from+June+17+NYC.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 293px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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One of the most beautiful Victorian needlepoints I have ever seen, this Landseer dog was sold for more than $3000 at Christies in New York City in June 2009.<br />
Obviously after Sir Edwin Landseer, who visited with the Royal Family for many summers during the 1850s and painted Victoria, her family and their animals, this dog is particularly famous for rescuing a child from drowning.<br />
There are many Staffordshire figures called Rescue Dog and Child Saved, but the title of this similar painting was named, by the artist,<br />
<b>Distinguished Member of the Humane Societ</b>y ! Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-73753717131044350132009-04-08T08:24:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:39:42.081-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHrqC9u_qoOJJhnXX5mGv0ARf85Q_aZjBfqzWjykqCWPWZ-0bY_Z2vpiaqz2jMNzCMdh7V4UEuoIHw6I_TuRwtMzIg9jMPm5mc03FDXUNddSNorw3P21VeHAk2kJdp2743hacApFCdhg/s1600-h/Gretna+Green+at+bonhams+6000.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322343553747343602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHrqC9u_qoOJJhnXX5mGv0ARf85Q_aZjBfqzWjykqCWPWZ-0bY_Z2vpiaqz2jMNzCMdh7V4UEuoIHw6I_TuRwtMzIg9jMPm5mc03FDXUNddSNorw3P21VeHAk2kJdp2743hacApFCdhg/s320/Gretna+Green+at+bonhams+6000.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left"><strong>All is not lost in the World of Staffordshire !</strong></div><br /><div align="left"><strong>Today, April 8, at Bonhams in London the Tailor Toby Jug </strong><strong>on the catalog cover fetched 36,000 pounds,</strong></div><div align="left"><strong>and a </strong><strong>lovely pair of pearlware figures of Gretna Green and </strong><strong>The New Marriage Act made 6000.</strong></div>Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-53872958013243420042008-01-28T10:01:00.000-08:002008-01-28T10:05:43.292-08:00New York Ceramic Fair, 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsgFeGt0bEHWYG81jkUoTol4kcYPrunRTfgbKsfGy6QqydVM6rNyCrjIo3qKff2Q-l69o7dggxnktTT8C0Us1wa6bQMAnU_9XNOEA0oGxexGyMbBZIpW-K1i7bYXSN_28nLL6X0DLX_0/s1600-h/ep+at+NYCF+08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160590103910699794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsgFeGt0bEHWYG81jkUoTol4kcYPrunRTfgbKsfGy6QqydVM6rNyCrjIo3qKff2Q-l69o7dggxnktTT8C0Us1wa6bQMAnU_9XNOEA0oGxexGyMbBZIpW-K1i7bYXSN_28nLL6X0DLX_0/s200/ep+at+NYCF+08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This was Elinor in her booth at the Fair preview with two very famous dealers Peter Warren from Westport, CT and Leo Kaplan from New York City.</div><br /><div></div>Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972955620132769030.post-1845537564217987362007-10-16T12:50:00.000-07:002007-10-16T12:54:03.830-07:00Note the mantel at No. 10 Downing Street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJsPMZhkw1OfwEcfa_osWSv3Fryz9igbg2qfENSeDfuczUJij3YO_rhQlgwGDZdJ2Wh1o3IxhNeJESKyhM2a0nftOk3Hbkw1M9rgAW4SZjzJoPxXy8ksjc2DzbAgoQuxr9lf9E3nKNnQ/s1600-h/Giuliano+in+London.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJsPMZhkw1OfwEcfa_osWSv3Fryz9igbg2qfENSeDfuczUJij3YO_rhQlgwGDZdJ2Wh1o3IxhNeJESKyhM2a0nftOk3Hbkw1M9rgAW4SZjzJoPxXy8ksjc2DzbAgoQuxr9lf9E3nKNnQ/s320/Giuliano+in+London.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122025025110543074" /></a>Elinor Pennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193865807349296697noreply@blogger.com0