RARE PAIR OF ROYAL DOULTON GARDEN TERRACOTTA PELICANS - MARK...

Hammer

£2,200

RARE PAIR OF ROYAL DOULTON GARDEN TERRACOTTA PELICANS - MARK V MARSHALL. A rare pair of terracotta garden figures of Pelicans, the birds in a crouched position and mounted on a square plinth. Early 20thc, with impressed Royal Doulton mark to the base, and designed by Mark V Marshall. 38cms high. (2)
*These are illustrated in the booklet Royal Doulton Potteries, Terra Cotta Garden Ornaments, Fig R19. *CR Both the bases have been filled with concrete to give them extra weight.
Both have 'weathered' nicely over the years, one has a chip to base of the tail, small chips to each corner of the base, small chip to the end of beak, chip to base rim, small chips to one foot, firing crack from manufacture around part of the tail.
The other, small chip to the end of the beak, there is a crack to the surface from the side of the neck and around the neck.