Royal Doulton Figurine Sailors Holiday HN2442 DB373 capturing the bearing of a

capturing the bearing of a ruler and military commander

while the elegant composition and beautiful modeling demonstrate the high standards of Royal Doulton craftsmanship during this era

Period backstamp shows HN564 marking consistent with pre-war and wartime production

this figure shows her equal command of domestic life: the easy body language of two women entirely absorbed in one another

Royal Doulton Figurine Sailors Holiday HN2442 DB373 capturing the bearing of aSailor's Holiday (HN2442) was designed by Mary Nicoll and issued from 1972 to 1979, standing 6. 25 inches tall. It belongs to Royal Doulton's Sea Characters series the group of nautical character studies that Nicoll developed across the 1960s and 1970s and which draws one of the most loyal and specifically focused collecting audiences in the HN range. The subject is a sailor on shore leave, occupied with a model sailboat the figure of a working man at