No 6 -
Officer de Chevauleger francis de la ligne - 1812
Produced from 1965 to 1966
and 1968 to 1970. Sculpted by Fred Wright. Height 7.5 inches. Open and
Closed Eye Versions.
Rarity - The Open Eye Version is Fairly Rare.
The Closed Eye Version is Rare.
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Second Series (eyed wide open) |
The First Series was painted with
'small eyes open' and later
'without eyes', except the Sixth Dragoon which only had 'closed eyes'. Additionally there
where different painting arrangements on the first series for the Collars and
Tunics.
The later
Second Series had eyes wide open and gold bandings
on the collars.
Further alterations were carried out to Grenadier and
Officer de Chevauleger and Trompette when they were re-issued between 1990 and 1994.
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One
of six Military Masks which comprise of Third Light Draggons, Sixth Dragoon
Guards, Ninth Lancer, Grenadier, Officer de Chevauleger and Trompette du
Regiment. |
Oliver Twist (Bossons Ivorex)
13cm height
This is the only known example. Sold Oct 2022 via auction from the
Richard Bossons collection
Rarity - The Rarest
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'Bossons Ivorex' figurines included 7 known
models - Little Neil, Oliver
Twist, Mr Micawber, Mr Pickwick, Tony Weller and later discoveries were
David Copperfield, Sairey Gamp and The Grandfather.
The detailing was not particularly good on these
models
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