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Osborne Ivorex Figurines
The Osborne figurines have the Ivorex Made in England on the bottom, where as the Bossons Ivorex figurines have a sticker on the backs. When Bossons remade the Osborne plaques, they took out the AO (Arthur Osborne) which is usually engraved in the lower left or right corners of the piece. The the colouring is more vibrant in the Bossons plaques whereas Osborne have a darker colouring, and the very early ones are a sepia brown colour. There are 13no known Osborne Ivorex Figurines
Labels attached on the back of Mr. Pickwick, Tony Weller and Mr. Micawber. These labels read 'Purchased at The Old Curiosity Shop London' and were sold right from the Shop. |
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Oliver Twist |
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The Grandfather |
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Tony Weller |
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Little Neil |
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Mr Pickwick |
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Mr Micawber |
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The Monk |
The Monk is regarded as the rarest Osborne Ivorex figurine. This is a very fragile piece which is probably why few have survived. Walter Davis who worked for 'Arthur Osborne' passed information to his wife who said that the first ones were a sienna wash colouring brown and later ones were painted with the black. There are no markings on this piece. The model stands approximately 7 inches high. The first one in his picture is a German bisc figure, not an Osborne but possibly used as an example or maybe later copied from Osborne. The second Monk is the first yearly version with the brown wash colouring followed by the black one. |
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