Large Standing Falstaff (Parr)

Stock No: 001098

Height: 9.5 Inches / 24 cm

Reference: Harding Book 1, Page 290, Fig 1061

Price: £395.00

A fine figure of Falstaff manufactured by the Thomas Parr factory c1852. Falstaff  is standing on a titled coloured circular base with black indented capitals, wearing a hat, banded waistcoat, and trousers, in his right hand he holds a staff. This figure can be found in two different sizes and is part of a series of figures based on Victorian engravings. The source that inspired the potters to make this and other William Shakespeare characters come from a set of prints made by John Tallis, this particular engraving is inscribed “Mr Hackett as Falstaff (“King Henry IV”, Part 1, Act 4, Scene 3). The figure has a minor professional restoration to the middle staff.