[Update Oct 2019] – This has been on eBay for some time, but clearly not selling (£155 is a LOT of money!. Still, it shows how the piece changed between registration and sale – it now has a lamp fitting!
This is a first for Nieri I think. See also Thai male (895988) and Oriental lady (895862), both by Paoli, if you are interested in this theme.
And if you have this piece in your collection, do get in touch. I would be interested in the finished colourings and whether it is chalkware.
Registered Design No: 896010
Date of registration: 13th January, 1960
Article description: a mantel or table ornament
Name and address of proprietor: Diomede Nieri, a British subject, trading as D. N. Art Products, 26 & 28 Trafford Street, Hulme, Manchester 15, in the County of Lancaster
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