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Lladro’s Year of the Rooster

The Lladro Chinese Zodiac has a new addition to celebrate the Year of the Rooster in 2017. The new Rooster model has been sculpted by Regino Torrijos. It measures 22×15 cm and is being created in a limited edition of 1,888 pieces. The Rooster is the decorated with brightly colored […]

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Mary Gregory Glass

Mary Gregory Glass Mary Gregory Glass is a charming style of enamelled figure glass, popular in Victorian times and now being re-discovered. The distinctive feature of Mary Gregory Glass is the painted and enamelled scenes of Victorian children in silhouette, dressed in their best clothes, playing games and having fun. (see […]

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Harley Quinn Wendy Doll from Madame Alexander

Harley Quinn is the hottest DC comic character at the moment and Madame Alexander have created a lovely little Wendy doll based on the character. Whether mums and daughters buying the doll will know the full story behind Harley Quinn (Harleen Frances Quinzel) is unlikely but the doll is very cute […]

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Hazle’s 2016 Christmas Limited Paintings

The 2016 Hazle collection of Limited Paintings for Christmas has  a ‘Golden ages of Christmas’ theme. Three Limited Paintings have been produced and each is limited to just 30 of each painting. The designs are Twelfth Night, A Victorian Christmas and British Home Stores. Twelfth Night – Christmas 2016 Twelfth […]

Raphael Kirchner pencil watercolour
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Raphaël Kirchner Postcards

Raphaël Kirchner (1876 – 1917) was an Austrian artist, best known for Art Nouveau and early pin-up work, especially in picture postcard format which became extremely popular during World War I. Kirchner attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and began his career as a portrait painter for the fashionable in […]

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The 2016 Annual Swarovski Collectors Society Ornament

2016 sees the Annual Swarovski Collectors Society Ornament celebrate its 25th anniversary. For 2016 the ornament is a lovely golden  star which is once again designed by Verena Castelein. The edition is available in a clear edition and coloured edition.  The ornament is priced at $75/£49. This exquisite golden crystal version of […]