Beatix Potter Fake Figurines: Collectors have to be more careful than ever to avoid being scammed by rip off artists on the internet. Fake Beswick Figures, and not just of Beatrix Potter characters, are being sold as genuine every day. Buyers are attracted to the internet because of really low prices compared to local collectible […]
The Beatrix Potter Society If you want to know more about Beatrix Potter you can visit the Beatrix Potter Society Website where you will find a wealth of interesting information. The Society says of themselves:- The Beatrix Potter Society exists to promote the […]
When Beatrix Potter was young she spent many happy holidays in Scotland and the Lake District. It was on these long summer holidays that she developed a love of animals and nature and grew great inspiration for her art. She was very observant of all things in nature and began sketching insects, animals and […]
Little is known about Beatrix’s life in her early teens apart from summer holidays spent in Scotland and later The Lake District. As in her childhood she continued to live a solitary life in her attic quarters where her only company was her dolls and her animals and sometimes visits from several governesses. Her main […]
Beatrix and her family spent 12 wonderful summers in Perthshire, Scotland. It was here her father enjoyed his fishing and his photography. He invited one or two male friends to join him, including William Gaskell, together with John Bright and Sir John Everett Millais. There is no doubt these gentlemen had a lasting influence on Beatrix […]
As a child Beatrix’s life in London was lonely and isolated. However during her childhood her parents began taking holidays in Perthshire, Scotland and it was during these wonderful summer holidays that Beatrix and her brother, Bertram, […]
For several years Steiff have been producing characters from the Beatrix Potter Stories as Plush Animals and these have become very popular with children and adults alike. Children love them as toys but they have become very popular with adults as Collector’s items. The Steiff Story is an amazing one of pluck and determination. Here […]
Gund Soft Toys have a fascinating History. Here is an extract from their Website – www.gund.co.uk 1898 Adolph Gund founded the Gund Manufacturing Company in Norwalk, Connecticut – producing toys and other novelties in New York City for the growing toy market 1912 Even in the early years, Adolph Gund established a […]
Beatrix Potter was born on the 28th July 1866 and 2016 marked 150 years since her birth To quote ‘The World of Beatrix Potter’ Miss Potter was: “An artist, storyteller, botanist, environmentalist, farmer and impeccable businesswoman, Potter was a visionary and a trailblazer. Single-mindedly determined and ambitious she overcame professional rejection, academic humiliation, and personal heartbreak, […]
Beswick and Royal Albert Backstamps The Beswick and Royal Albert Backstamps used on Beatrix Potter Figures have changed many times since 1948 and they can be useful to aid in dating a particular piece. The figures did not retain their original mark but as backstamps changed all figures in current production were marked with the […]