Royal Doulton Figurine The Clown HN2890 Animals Clear backstamp with HN4995 number

Clear backstamp with HN4995 number visible on base

Griffiths and introduced by Royal Doulton in 1974 as a deliberate departure from the company's established figurine tradition

while Catherine's pose suggests both confidence and the fragility that would prove her undoing

or a judgment about to be delivered — and his expression carries the measured benevolence of a man long accustomed to the weight of his office

The Images series occupied a distinctive position in Royal Doulton's output: deliberately modern in sensibility

Royal Doulton Figurine The Clown HN2890 Animals Clear backstamp with HN4995 numberThe Clown (HN2890) was designed by William K. Harper and issued from 1979 to 1988, standing 9 inches tall. It is the central piece in Harper's Royal Doulton clown series the figure from which the rest of his clown output grew, and the one against which collectors measure all the others. Harper's Clown is a pie thrower, mid act and entirely committed: the jokester in vivid full costume braced to launch a cream pie at whoever is standing closest. It is