Ceramic figure
Beswick
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1981
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
Figure - 110 mm (height), Box - 68 mm (width); 128 mm (height); 51 mm (depth)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670426
Summary
A ceramic figure in the form of the Beatrix Potter character 'Peter Rabbit', with its original box. His name is stamped on the base of the figure, along with the makers' name and the copyright date of 1948. A folded white cardboard box bearing colour prints of Beatrix Potter characters and either 'Beatrix Potter' and 'Bestwick' or just 'Bestwick' printed in black. Handwritten in blue ink on the top is 'Peter Rabbit'. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the side of the box: 'Copyright C 1981 F.Warne and Co.Ltd./ Beatrix Potter Designs T.M.' On the base of the box, on a label : 'BESWICK/ P2381'
Makers and roles
Beswick , maker