Royal Crown Derby
Snail
Modelled by Robert Jefferson
Decoration design by Brian Branscombe
Height: 6.5cms
Introduced: 1985
Retired: 1991
This paperweight has a ceramic stopper.
When the paperweights were first introduced they had small gilt stopper and were filled with sand. This infringed Health & Safety legislation so the weight of the bodies was increased, the sand discontinued, and the gilt stoppers were replaced with a permanently fixed ceramic bung marked with the Crown Derby Cypher. This proved unpopular with collectors and the gold stoppers resumed.
Consequently the ceramic bungs are relatively scarce.
Probably produced 1985.
This is a first quality piece.
Happy to combine postage where possible.
If you are a non-UK buyer interested in more than one item please let me know.
I will combine them before purchase which will (greatly) reduce the eBay global postage fees.
Collection in person welcome.
Thanks for looking.