ROYAL DOULTON PRINCE WILLIAM ROYAL WEDDING DAY COMMEMORATIVE FIGURINE - LIMITED EDITION 2011

A DISTINGUISHED FINE BONE CHINA FIGURINE COMMEMORATING THE WEDDING OF WILLIAM AND CATHERINE, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY ON 29 APRIL 2011.

IDENTIFICATION:
- MAKER: ROYAL DOULTON, ENGLAND, ESTABLISHED 1815
- MODEL: PRINCE WILLIAM, ROYAL WEDDING DAY
- MODEL NUMBER: HN 5573
- LIMITED EDITION: NUMBER 4255 OF 5000 WORLDWIDE
- DESIGNER: TIM POTTS (RENOWNED ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINE SCULPTOR)

DESCRIPTION:
THIS EXQUISITE FIGURINE DEPICTS PRINCE WILLIAM IN FULL CEREMONIAL DRESS UNIFORM OF THE IRISH GUARDS. THE FIGURE STANDS IN FORMAL MILITARY BEARING, WEARING THE DISTINCTIVE RED TUNIC WITH GOLD BRAID FROGGING, BLUE SASH OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, AND BLACK DRESS TROUSERS WITH CEREMONIAL STRIPE. THE FACE IS FINELY MODELLED WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO LIKENESS. THE HAND-PAINTED DECORATION IS EXECUTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD, WITH METICULOUS DETAIL TO THE UNIFORM INSIGNIA, MEDALS, AND DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. GILT ACCENTS ENHANCE THE CEREMONIAL REGALIA.

CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS:
- PRIMARY MATERIAL: FINE BONE CHINA, HAND-MODELLED
- DECORATION: HAND-PAINTED BY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND WOMEN
- FINISH: GLAZED WITH GILT EMBELLISHMENT
- BASE: CERAMIC PLINTH WITH MAKER'S MARK

DIMENSIONS:
- HEIGHT: APPROXIMATELY 25 CM

CONDITION: EXCELLENT. THE FIGURINE REMAINS IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS, OR REPAIRS EVIDENT. THE HAND-PAINTED DECORATION IS BRIGHT AND COMPLETE THROUGHOUT. GILT DETAILING REMAINS VIBRANT AND UNWORN. THE ORIGINAL PROTECTIVE WRAPPING REMAINS INTACT WITHIN THE PRESENTATION BOX, INDICATING MINIMAL HANDLING SINCE ACQUISITION.

PRESENTATION:
THE FIGURINE IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ROYAL DOULTON PRESENTATION BOX WITH CREAM EXTERIOR AND EMBOSSED DETAILING. THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY IS PRESENT AND LEGIBLE, CONFIRMING THE LIMITED EDITION STATUS AND PRODUCTION DETAILS. THE BOX SHOWS MINOR AGE-RELATED CREASING CONSISTENT WITH STORAGE BUT REMAINS IN GOOD CONDITION.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THIS COMMEMORATIVE PIECE WAS ACQUIRED AT THE TIME OF ISSUE AND HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STORED AND PRESERVED.

NOTE: ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINES FROM LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE SERIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT ROYAL OCCASIONS, HAVE DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT COLLECTOR DEMAND. THIS EXAMPLE, BEING IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND CERTIFICATE, REPRESENTS THE IDEAL STATE FOR A COLLECTOR'S PIECE.

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Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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