subject: Royal Doulton: Works Of Art Depicting All Aspects Of Life [print this page] Real life can be captured in many waysReal life can be captured in many ways. Photographs can be used to capture moments of historical value for future reference, and videos can add some depth and dimension, which makes them even more effective. But what if the people or the subjects were not alive today? How would we get to see them and learn about the way they dressed or looked when they were alive a couple of hundred years ago? Well, a good place to start would be to go through the thousands of figurines and characters that were made by Royal Royal Doulton was a company that was established in England in 1815. The original founders were John Doulton, Martha Jones and John Watts, who brought their creative minds and gave birth to the company that, until a few years back, manufactured an amazing number of beautifully detailed figurines and characters on vastly varied subjects. Although the company was known to manufacture other stoneware like dinnerware, cookware, glassware, collectables, jewellery and curtains, arguably, nothing can be quite as remarkable as their vast collection of figurines.
Whether they are to be offered as gifts to loved and dear ones, or they are just being bought to decorate a mantel, or even still, if they are bought as part of a collection, the figurines are just worth the investment as their returns (whether emotionally or financially) are worth it.
The figurines have been categorised under various sections, some examples being:
Ladies: this category mostly has a collection of ladies dressed in the fashion that was popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. They are depicted in every pose and position, and they are all beautiful.
Character & Historical Figures: here is a collection with a lot more members than the others. The people depicted here vary from historys biggest influencers (Sir Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Montgomery) to the people that would have, and still do, occur in our every-day lives (Gaffer and various fishermen). There are popular people who earned their fame on stage, on the silver screen and are even on TV represented beautifully.
Images of Nature: under this category are captured natures wildest moments. There are baby animals like chicks, puppies and cubs or, a particularly powerful one, a representation of a mother and a baby elephant. An eagle is captured in flight, and cheetahs race in long graceful strides. What is the most amazing in this category is the depiction of life underwater on a solid piece of object. In Serenity Tropical Shoal of Fish one can almost feel the flow of water going by and can see the fish swimming past.
As can be seen from these examples, the figurines would be a delight to anyone they were presented to. But what would be even more satisfying would be if they were to be owned in a collection that included as many of these amazing works of art as possible.
