H - Heads & Figurines

Harry Wheatcroft

Produced 1970  to 1972. Sculpted by Fred Wright. Series A Composite. Height 8 inches. With brown or rarer blue eyes. 

There is a much rarer version with a stripped yellow and white shirt of which  only 3 or 4 exist. This model has a solid back which the green shirt model does not have

See Detailed Study

Rarity - Very Rare

Harry with green check shirt

Harry Wheatcroft (cont)

Harry Wheatcroft was a famous rose grower from Yorkshire. He lived from 1898 to 1977.

Harry Wheatcroft catalogues

Harry Wheatcroft with his three sons David, Christopher, and Jonathan (David with son/daughter)

Helmsman

Dated 1995. Experimental model. Only two known example in existence. This was probably one of the last models to be produced by Bossons.

Rarety - The Rarest

Model 2

Sold by auction on the 29.07.2022 from the Richard Bossons collection

Model 2

Model 1

Riverboat Gambler, Chambermaid and Gamekeeper were some of the final prototype models

Henry VII

See King Henry VII

Highwayman

Produced 1966  to 1969. Sculpted by Fred Wright. Series A Composite. Height 8 inches.

See Detailed Study.

Rarity - Fairly Rare

From the RB collection

Himalayan

Produced 1967 to 1988. Sculpted by Fred Wright. Series B Composite. Height 5.5  inches. There is also a Himalayan Shelf Ornament and a Himalayan Lamp Base. With brown of green shade of neck scarf.

Rarity - Common

The earlier recessed back models had an orange collar and the later flat back models had a green collar

Himalayan Shelf Ornament

Himalayan Shelf Ornament

Horatius Cocles

Produced 1972  to 1979. Sculpted by W R Bossons. Height 7.5 inches. From the Fraser Art Copper Collection. Horatius Cocles was a Roman hero, Bridge of Sublicius - Cica 510 BC.

Rarity - Rare

Horatius Cocles, Richard Neville and Viking Head form a set.

Horse Jockey

See Jockey for more details

Humpty Dumpty

This model is the only known example of the Humpy Dumpty piece. The sticker on the base of the model was used on the backs of very early Bossons plaques, noticeably on the very early square plaques, early 14 inch round plaques (14" Moreton Hall) and the tiny Humpty Dumpty shelf piece. The style and colours used also suggest an early Bossons around the 1940s time period and probably made by the elder W H Bossons

Rarity - The Rarest

Humpty Dumpty (cont)

Label Comparisons

Comparison of similar labels (circa 1947) on early 'Old English Village' and 'Morton Hall' 14 inch plaques

Direct example of Humpty Dumpty label compared against Old English Village / Morton Hall plaques