This figurine 3125,
“Queen Victoria” was sculped by Pauline Parsons in 1887 and is a limited
edition of 5000 and this is number 4183 as shown on the authentication
certificate.
It was Pauline
Parsons who was asked by a director at Royal Doulton to create a “Queen of the
Realms” to include Victoria and three others,Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Anne and
Mary Queen of Scots. She successfully created the four portraits from paintings
and drawings of the times and from inputs from other artists. The result is four
colourful figurines as they would have dressed in their time as queen
Queen Victoria
is in a pink and white dress and is holding a long eared dog with the marking
of a King Charles spaniel. Another similar dog is on its hind legs on a foot
stool being petted by Victoria. She wears a red rose on her dress and has gold
bracelets on her wrist and round her neck.
The figurine is
20.3cm tall and weighs 501gm. The photos are part of the description.