Royal Doulton Figurine The Clown HN2890 Animals making it a desirable piece

making it a desirable piece for collectors of Royal Doulton's vintage dance-themed figurines

HN Number : 1470

producing a figure that carries its meaning lightly

Griffiths and introduced by Royal Doulton in 1974 as a deliberate departure from the company's established figurine tradition

while Catherine's pose suggests both confidence and the fragility that would prove her undoing

Royal Doulton Figurine The Clown HN2890 Animals making it a desirable pieceThe Clown (HN2890) was designed by William K. Harper and issued from 1979 to 1988, standing 9 inches tall. It is the central piece in Harper's Royal Doulton clown series the figure from which the rest of his clown output grew, and the one against which collectors measure all the others. Harper's Clown is a pie thrower, mid act and entirely committed: the jokester in vivid full costume braced to launch a cream pie at whoever is standing closest. It is