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Beatrix Potter Figurines

	Beatrix Potter was a child of the Victorian age, in every sense of the word. Born in 1866, to a well-to-do family, she was not expected to show any academic inclination, or accomplishments beyond those that were dabbled in by ladies. And dabble she did, with extraordinary results. Collections of her work that go back to childhood, include illustrations done at eight years of age, that show amazingly accurate and detailed images of caterpillars. Beatrix had a passion for nature that expressed itself in a growing number of illustrations and personal studies of things as diverse as fungi and butterflies, always with an eye to reproducing them in exacting detail.

Benjamin Bunny Bronze Figurine

Finished Bronze
Lovely Gift Box
7 3/4 Inches Tall

Mr Jeremy Fisher Bronze Figurine

Bronze Finished Resin
4 1/4 Inches Tall

Mrs Tiggy Winkle Bronze Figurine

Bronze Patina Finish
5 1/2 Inches Tall

Peter Rabbit Bronze Figurine

Bronze Patina Finish
8 Inches Tall

Peter Rabbit Eating Radishes Bronze Figurine

Bronze Patina Finish
7 1/2 Inches Tall

Tom Kitten Bronze Figurine

Exquisitely Detailed Figurine
Bronze Finish
7 Inches Tall

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The Magic of Beatrix Potter

But along the course of her nature studies, she developed a sense of whimsy and humor. Many of her early colored works from the age of nine, featured rabbits in human activities, and dressed in people�s clothing. Whether or not one of hers and her brother�s many pets was responsible for this, nobody knows for sure. But it�s fairly certain that Peter Piper, the resident nursery rabbit, served her well in later years as the model for the classic �Peter Rabbit�.

As an adult, Potter�s talents for illustration were so respected, that she was hired to reproduce a cache of Roman relics that had been discovered in 1872. Not only was her work precise, and widely admired, today it is the only remaining proof of the artifacts, which disappeared some years later while being moved or stored where they were never found again.

Her heart however, belonged to Nature, and it was that pursuit she continued to follow as an independent woman. The respect for her talents was enough to enable her to market nature studies to greeting card printers, which earned her the money for a new microscope that brought even more detail to her works.

Beatrix Potter was primarily a nature artist, but her creativity spilled over into the realm of writing as well, although it was never intentional on her part. The series of Potter�s little books, started out in the now famous illustrated letters that she wrote to young friends, including the children of her last governess. Peter Rabbit was born Sept.4, 1893 in a letter to Noel Moore. Squirrel Nutkin came to life in a September 1901 letter to Norah Moore.

The characters created by Potter were instant successes. They came along at a time when literature for children consisted mainly of �good� books that taught moral lesson, and not fun characters who played, got into trouble and did the most curious things, considering they were animals.

More than 100 years later, Beatrix Potter figurines are a fixture of many childhoods, and appear as patterns on everything from bed linens, to curtains, and baby apparel. Adults have held onto their childhoods as well, by collecting some of the outstanding china figurines produced by Royal Doulton and Beswick. Benjamin Bunny, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and others, are evocative of a time when innocence reigned, and there was delight in every word that a rabbit told you.