Royal Doulton Figurine Sailors Holiday HN2442 DB373 model number HN2542

model number HN2542

Academic and professional figurines represent a specialized collecting niche popular among educators and university communities

When blood sports were outlawed with the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1835

while the elegant composition and beautiful modeling demonstrate the high standards of Royal Doulton craftsmanship during this era

celebrating the innocent pleasures of young companions at play

Royal Doulton Figurine Sailors Holiday HN2442 DB373 model number HN2542Sailor's Holiday (HN2442) was designed by Mary Nicoll and issued from 1972 to 1979, standing 6. 25 inches tall. It belongs to Royal Doulton's Sea Characters series the group of nautical character studies that Nicoll developed across the 1960s and 1970s and which draws one of the most loyal and specifically focused collecting audiences in the HN range. The subject is a sailor on shore leave, occupied with a model sailboat the figure of a working man at