The Bather HN4246, Royal Doulton Figurine DB125 with cricket pieces particularly valued

with cricket pieces particularly valued in Commonwealth countries

The piece belongs to Royal Doulton's Sporting Characters series

the knight himself in full armour holding the shaft of his broken lance — the aftermath of the joust frozen in a moment of composed defeat

or anyone seeking an elegant centerpiece that combines artistic beauty with historical significance

The nine-year production run

The Bather HN4246, Royal Doulton Figurine DB125 with cricket pieces particularly valuedRoyal Doulton's The Bather HN4246 stands among the most celebrated figurines in the prestige canon, continuing a tradition of classical nude studies that stretches back to the earliest days of the Burslem figure making art. The subject a seated female figure pausing at the water's edge draws directly from the grand tradition of academic painting and sculpture, rendered here in fine English bone china with the exacting craftsmanship that defines