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Beswick / Beatrix Potter Interest: Rare folio of twenty nine unframed watercolours of Beatrix Potter Storybook animals, comprising: A prototype poster or point-of-sale design, advertising “Beatrix Potter’s Delightful Characters in Pottery by Beswick”, featuring the book ‘The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck’, large illustration of Jemima, and eight smaller named figurines, as illustrated by the accompanying book - Irvine, Louise (Ed.), ‘John Beswick and Royal Albert Beatrix Potter Figures, UK International Ceramics Ltd, 1st Edn 1992, see pp.13-17, where Valerie Baynton illustrates p.13 ”Advertisement for the introductory collection of Beatrix Potter figures c.1950”, 37.5cm x 27.5cm; together with six illustrations, all corresponding to known examples in Beatrix Potter books, as identified in ‘The Classic Tales of Beatrix Potter – The Original 23 Peter Rabbit Books ('The Only Original and Authorized Edition by Beatrix Potter'), F. Warne & Co, 1994, [page numbers identified in square brackets], viz: ‘Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Two Bad Mice’, faintly inscribed “… Frederick Warne (1936?) Beswick & Co Staffs” [p.259] ‘Beatrix Potter - Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse’, inscribed lower right “proposed figural draft Beswick Staffs Frederick Warne (1936?)” [p.239] Duchess holding flowers (untitled) [p.134] Mrs Rabbit holding basket (untitled) [p.8] Cousin Ribby (untitled) [p.93] Thomasina Tittlemouse, wearing a rabbit-wool cloak and hood (untitled) [p.44] Sold with a copy of the aforementioned book, and twenty-two artist-annotated prototype paint colour illustration guides for Beatrix Potter Storybook figurines, with pencil instructions and notes, entitled beneath and with unknown page references verso, 26.5cm x 18.5cm each, viz: P1092 Jemima Puddle Duck p.39 (cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson, cobalt blue) P1098 Peter Rabbit p.39 (cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, hooker’s green, sepia, raw sienna, burnt sienna) P1100 Tom-Kitten p. 62 (hooker’s green, cobalt blue, sepia, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson) P1101 Timmy Tiptoes p.61 (cadmium yellow, hooker’s green, vermillion, alizarin crimson, raw sienna, burnt sienna, crimson, sepia black) P1102 [Squirrel] Nutkin p.62 (hooker’s green, raw sienna, vermillion, burnt sienna) P1103 Mrs Tittlemouse p.39 (cobalt blue, vermillion, alizarin crimson, sepia, raw sienna, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow, hooker’s green) P1104 Little Pig Robinson p.60 (cadmium yellow, cobalt blue, alizarin crimson, raw sienna, white, black) P1105 Benjamin Bunny p.60 (cadmium yellow, hooker’s green, sepia, vermillion) P1106 Samuel Whiskers from Roly Pud [Roly Poly Pudding] p.40 (raw sienna, hooker’s green, cadmium yellow, sepia) P1107 Mrs Tiggy-Winkle p.40 / paint p.63 (prussian blue, vermillion, raw sienna, sepia, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, black) P1108 Tailor of Gloucester p.40 (alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, cobalt blue, sepia, burnt sienna, black) P1109 Timmy Willie p.40 (hooker’s green, raw sienna, sepia, burnt sienna) P1157 Mr Jeremy Fisher p.40 (cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow)P1183 Lady Mouse p.40 (ultramarine, cobalt blue, alizarin crimson, black, sepia, burnt sepia) P1198 Hunca Munca + Babies p.40 (cobalt blue, burnt sienna, sepia) P1200 Mrs Rabbit p.59 (hooker’s green, alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, raw sienna, sepia, burnt sienna) P1274 Flopsy, Mopsy + Cottontail (vermillion, white) P1275 Miss Moppet p.63 (burnt sienna, sepia, cobalt blue, white, alizarin crimson) P1276 Johnny Town-Mouse p.41 (alizarin crimson, cobalt blue, burnt sienna) P1277 Foxy Whiskered Gentleman p.41 (alizarin crimson, burnt sienna) P1676 Ribby p.40 (hooker’s green, cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, winsor blue) P2284 Cousin Ribby (cobalt blue, sepia, viridian green, alizarin crimson) All in a gilt-stamped ‘Beswick’ folio, 45cm x 32cm, (31) - Valerie Baynton [op. cit.] states p.13; “The idea to introduce a Beatrix Potter figure collection originated during a holiday in the Lake District taken by Ewart Beswick, the Chairman and Manag