Joan of Arc

 

Stock No: 001151

 

Height: 11.5 Inches / 29.5 cm

 

Reference: Harding Book 2, Page 301, Fig 3344

 

Price: £450.00

 

A fine standing figure of a woman dressed in a suit of armour with her arms crossed in front of her, a helmet and gauntlets rest on a column to her right. Her right hand is clenched and an aperture has been created original to the manufacturing process to hold a sword. When I purchased this unusual piece it was accompanied with a lead sword which shows signs of age, however, I cannot say if it is original to the figure or a later addition. This figure represents Joan of Arc, a French woman who inspired the French to drive the English out of Orleans, she was later burned at the stake as a heretic. A music front exists that is the probable source of this figure, it is titled ‘Joan of Arc Waltz by Chas Dalbert’.