#145

Three Softpaste Brownie Figures from Palmer Cox Illustrations
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8" (20 cm.) Each is of sculpted softpaste with defined google-eyed expressions, grimacing lips, sculpted costumes, posed on base to simulate stone and brick wall, each with five receptacles for holding various treats or trinkets. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa, 1890s, the softpaste figures, each with impressed model numbers, were based upon the original Brownie illustrations of Palmer Cox. Value Points: rare to find figures with wonderfully detailed costumes and stances.