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This fine porcelain model is inspired by a painted pottery ox from the Northern Qi period (circa AD 550-577). People born under this sign are strong, patient, proud and hard working. Years of the Ox are 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997 and 2009.
Length: 5 1/3" (13.5cm)
A limited edition of 250
£145.00
Code: 000/08878
A magnificent porcelain model, with a golden decoration, inspired by a Chinese gilded bronze tiger from the Qin-Han period (221 BC-AD 220). Those born under this sign are courageous, generous, noble and passionate.
Code: 000/09151
Henry Ford’s Model T, affectionately known as the ‘Tin Lizzie’, was the first truly mass-produced car, offering reliability and excellent performance at a price that the average family could afford. This box, marking the centenary of the car’s introduction in 1908, shows a Model T on a country road.
Length: 2 1/8" (5.4cm)
£95.00
Code: 002/08885
Inspired by Christina Rossetti's poem of 1872, later to become a popular Christmas carol. 2009 is engraved on the reverse of the medallion.
A limited edition of 365
Code: 002/09125
In celebration of the 60th birthday of The Prince of Wales on 14th November 2008, this special commemorative edition bearing his portrait in silhouette features Highgrove House and elements from the wonderful organic garden that he has created there. In the foreground are some of the black Hebridean sheep that help to keep the grass cropped. The Prince is Patron of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
Length: 2 7/8" (7.2cm)
A limited edition of 150
£195.00
Code: 009/08963
After a painting of 1939 by the celebrated Salford artist. The original is in The Lowry Collection, Salford.
Length: 3 1/4" (8.4cm)
A limited edition of 200
£210.00
Code: 011/08761
After a painting of 1959 by the celebrated Salford artist. The original is in The Lowry Collection, Salford.
Length: 3 5/16" (8.4cm)
Code: 011/08801
A lavish display of wild mallow after an oil painting of circa 1881-82 by this foremost Impressionist painter. The original is in The Courtauld Institute of art.
£225.00
Code: 011/08859
A design which typifies the romantic subjects selected by Georgian enamellers, this idyllic scene appears on a snuff box of circa 1770 in the Schreiber Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Code: 011/08967
'Birds with an Overturned Basket of Fruit' by the famous engraver Robert Hancock is among the most renowned subjects to have appeared on 18th-century English enamel boxes and the design has also inspired earlier Halcyon Days’ editions. This lovely box is inspired by one dating from circa 1775.
£265.00
Code: 011/08968
After a painting by Henry Pether of 1861–67. This atmospheric view of London’s famous square, named in honour of Britain’s naval hero, looks south-eastwards down Whitehall, with Big Ben just visible in the distance. Nelson’s Column, silhouetted against the moonlit sky, dominates the scene. The original painting is in the collection of the Museum of London.
Code: 011/08982
After a watercolour of 1959. The originals are in The Lowry Collection, Salford.
Code: 011/09178
This atmospheric view by the Neo-impressionist artist, Seurat, was painted in 1886-87 and is a fine example of the pointillist technique that he evolved - achieved by applying dots, or points, of colour that blended when seen at a distance.
Code: 011/09201
Van Gogh painted this view of the Trébon, a wide plain near Arles, in 1889. He explained that it was the Japanese character of the scene that attracted him. The snow-capped peak in the distance is thought to be a reference to Japan’s famous Mount Fuji.
Code: 011/09264
After a watercolour of 1923 by Edith Helena Adie. Her colourful painting is from a series she was commissioned to paint of the famous Edwardian gardens at Dyffryn, in the Vale of Glamorgan. This box is the first in a series of four inspired by her beautiful watercolours.
Code: 011/09306
‘The Birth of Venus’, circa 1485, is one of Botticelli’s most celebrated paintings. This magnificent box marks the 500th anniversary of his death in 1510. Venus emerges from the sea on a shell wafted ashore by the wind gods amidst a shower of roses. The original is in The Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Code: 011/09316
For opera lovers - a handsome musical box to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth in 1858 of Giacomo Puccini. The music played is from the famous aria, 'E Lucean le Stelle', Mario's farewell to Tosca. Dramatic scenes on the lid and sides include the final tragic act as Tosca prepares to throw herself from the battlements following the execution of Mario.
Length: 3 9/16" (9.4cm)
A limited edition of 100
£495.00
Code: 012/08969
Length: 2 1/2" (6.3cm)
£165.00
Code: 023/08803
American artist, writer and mystic, William Segal, for many years was spiritual leader in the USA of the Gurdieff Foundation. In 1988, in Paris, he gave his close friends Bill and Susan Benjamin the beautiful lithograph 'Lavender' - the inspiration for this elegant box.
Code: 023/08973
After an oil painting of 1526. This seductive vision of Paradise is one of Cranach’s most memorable and enchanting works. Eve stands before the Tree of Knowledge as she hands an apple to a bewildered Adam. The serpent, entwined in the tree’s branches above, looks on as Adam succumbs to temptation. The fine detail of this masterpiece is beautifully captured in miniature on this enamel box.
Code: 023/09247
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