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Anemones

High Relief Pottery - Produced 1955 to 1957. Dimensions 12.5 inches. Rarity - Extremely Rare

Rarity - Extremely Rare

Automobile Plaques

Pottery Product - See Vintage Automobile Plaques, Daimler, Panhard, Renault, Siddeley

Aboriginal Scenes Plaques

Pottery Product - See Father and Son, Fisherman, Gunyah Group

African Group (or African Family)

Rarity - The Rarest

African group pamphlets which came along with the three piece family set

African Group figurines with Jazz Figurine in the background

African Group (Cont)

Sold via auction from the Richard Bossons collection Oct 2022

African Group (Cont)

19cm height lady, 26cm height man

2no experimental black lady and 1no black man versions that never went into production. Sold via auction from the Richard Bossons collection Oct 2022

Model 1

Model 2

African Boy with Grass Hut (African Group)

African Boy from the 'African Family'. This model came with a grass hut which may have just been an add on, or an experimental model. The hut is marked inside 'Bossons made in England'. There are no markings on the boy.

Rarity - The Rarest

There is only one know example of the 'African Boy with Grass Hut' and is held by a collector in the USA

This is a pre-production plaster model of the African Boy.

African Lady (Experimental)

25cm height

2no experimental models that never went into production. Sold via auction from the Richard Bossons collection Oct 2022

Model 1

Model 2

African Lady (Experimental) - (cont)

Model 2

Model 2 (SC)

African Figurine Box

Bossons probably used all this same boxes for all their African pieces. Box thickness is flimsy. They may have put both pieces and box inside another sturdier box when selling. The photo with the African Family pictured is the top view of the box. The animals are all around the sides

Top

Side

Sides

African Group (cont)

'African in Boat'

'African Drummer'

There are two other model produced for the African Group which were probably experimental models. These were 'African in Boat' which measure approximately 6 to 7 inches and is of an African man in his boat. The second model is of an African man with a with drum (African Drummer). Both of these model are probably experimental so very few example exist

To the right is African Drummer.

There is speculation that Bossons made four experimental examples of this rare piece (in black colour).

The Drummer stands 10" high and 4 1/2" at the widest portion of the base. This piece is fired porcelain with Ivory Black and Gold leaf paint under glaze. Notice small Bossons sticker attached under base.

African in Boat

'Model 1' sold via auction from the Richard Bossons collection Oct 2022

Model 1

Model 1 (SC)

Model 2 - with darker textured Canoe, gold headband and Bossons stamp markings in bottom of canoe

African Drummer (African Group)

This is a white vitreous model of the Drummer. There are two known models in existence. The model never went into production. 27cm height

Rarity - The Rarest

African Drummer (cont)

Experimental black version that never went into production. Sold via auction from the Richard Bossons collection Oct 2022

Rarity - The Rarest

African Masks

Pottery Product - See Ibo, Baule, Baluba, Ibibio

Anemones

High Relief Pottery - Produced 1955 to 1957. Dimensions 12.5 inches. Rarity - Extremely Rare

In 1955 there were 14no 'High Relief Pottery' designs produced. 1956 saw the introduction of 2no additional designs. See 'Collections' for the complete list.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

High Relief Pottery - Produced 1955 to 1957. Dimensions 12.5 inches.

Rarity - Very Rare

In 1955 there were 14no 'High Relief Pottery' designs produced. 1956 saw the introduction of 2no additional designs. See 'Collections' for the complete list.

Baluba (No 4)

Pottery Product - Forms a part of the "Miniature African Mask" series. This is a Pottery product of a tribal mask. There are 4no masks in this Series - Ibo (No 1), Baule (No 2), Ibibio (No 3) and Baluba (No 4). Each is approx 6 x 4 inches. Introduced 1956, discontinued 1961.

Rarity - Extremely Rare

Baule (No 2)

Rarity - Extremely Rare

Bali

Pottery Product - Produced from 1959 to 1961. Height 7 inches. Pottery Wall Vase product that forms part of the "National Head Masks" set. The set comprises of Capri, Bali, Burmese and Javanese.

Rarity - Fairly Available

Bali (cont)

Prototype Versions from the Richard Bossons collection. Sold via auction 2022

Ballerina

See 'Pas de Quartre' and 'Swan Lake'.

Bluebirds

Pottery Product - Produced 1959 to 1961. height 7 inches.

There are six 'Boxed Bird' sets; Blue Birds, Wild Geese, Seagulls, Mallards, Teals and Goldfinches.

Rarity - Extremely Rare

Bluebirds (cont)

Brig O'Turk

High Relief Pottery - Produced 1955 to 1957. Dimensions 12.5 inches. See the similar gypsum plaster version.

Rarity - Extremely Rare

In 1955 there were 14no 'High Relief Pottery' designs produced. 1956 saw the introduction of 2no additional designs. See 'Collections' for the complete list.

Brig O'Turk, Trossachs

Britanny

13 x 11.5 inch Pottery Plaque. Produced 1960.

Rarity - Extremely Rare

The Brittany and Campania plaques form a set and they are both extremely rare

Bullfight

Pottery Product -Produced 1959, sold for one year only. Sculpted by Colin Melbourne ARCA. Modern Pottery Wall Figure. The complete set comprises of Bullfighter, Liberian Dancer, Spanish Dancer (Man), Spanish Dancer (Woman), Indian Dancer and Jazz Figures .

Rarity - Rare

Measures 7.5 x 8.5 inches. From the RB collection

Modelled by Colin Melbourne who was Head of Ceramics for the Royal College of Art, London

Burmese

Pottery Product - Produced from 1959 to 1961. Height 7 inches. Pottery Wall Vase product that forms part of the "National Head Masks" set. The set comprises of Capri, Bali, Burmese and Javanese. There is also a similar Burmese mask made with Gypsum plaster.

Rarity - Fairly Available

The gypsum model has eyes open whereas the Pottery version has eyes closed

Burmese (cont)

Prototype Versions from the Richard Bossons collection. Sold via auction 2022

Campania

13 x 11.5 inch Pottery Plaque. Produced 1960.

Rarity - Extremely Rare

Candlestick Holders

There is some confusion over the origins of these candlestick holders. They possibly came to Bossons with a view to them being copied, and there is a suggestion that they were special commissions with a unique ID. Whether these examples were made by Bossons or not is unclear. The AMS stamp could be where they originated, or could be for who they are being made? The stamp on the base of example 3 suggests US voltage which again adds more confusion. There were at least 7 of these candlestick holders, 3 are currently in the UK and 4no in the USA. The holders are probably dated around the 1960s

Rarity - The Rarest

Examples 1 & 2 (US Based) - These examples came from the Richard Bossons collection and were sold via auction Oct 2022

Example 1 & 2 (US Based)

Example 3 (US Based) - with Bossons and US 110 volt stamp

Candlestick Holders (cont)

Photograph from the Bossons company showing an example of a Candlestick Holder (left hand side)

Capri

Pottery Product - Produced from 1959 to 1961. Height 7 inches. Pottery Wall Vase product that forms part of the "National Head Masks" set. The set comprises of Capri, Bali, Burmese and Javanese.

Rarity - Fairly Common

Capri (cont)

Prototype Versions from the Richard Bossons collection. Sold via auction 2022

Conway Castle & Bridge

High Relief Pottery - Produced 1955 to 1957. Dimensions 12.5 inches. Rarity - Extremely Rare

Rarity - Extremely Rare

In 1955 there were 14no 'High Relief Pottery' designs produced. 1956 saw the introduction of 2no additional designs. See 'Collections' for the complete list.

Cats (Miniature)

Experimental models that never went into production

Rarity - The Rarest

Cockerel (Ceramic) - Experimental

340mm high

Experimental model that never went into production. Sold via auction Oct 2022 from the Richard Bossons collection

Daimler Car - 1906

Pottery Product - The set comprises of of 4no plaques : Daimler - 1906, Panhard - 1901, Renault - 1907 and Siddeley - 1904

Rarity - Pottery Version is Fairly Available. The Gypsum version is Very Rare

Pottery version. Note - The Pottery versions have a black back.

"Vintage Automobile Plaques". The first Vintage Automobile Plaques were Pottery products but when the Bossons pottery was discontinued these plaques were made of gypsum. Pottery examples were produced from 1959 to 1962 and gypsum from 1962 to 1963. The gypsum versions are rarer and usually have a painted rim. There are some very rare gypsum examples that do not have a painted rim. All plaques are 13 x 11.5 inches.

Gypsum version with a rimmed boarder

Disney Characters Car

See Heads and Figures

Donald Duck

See Head and Figures

Eastgate, Chester

High Relief Pottery - Produced 1956 to 1957. Dimensions 12.5 inches. Also see the similar gypsum plaster version

Rarity - Extremely Rare

In 1955 there were 14no 'High Relief Pottery' designs produced. 1956 saw the introduction of 2no additional designs. See 'Collections' for the complete list.