The Artisco Bonzo Clock and 'Bonzo with bone' figures. |
The British company Artisco made several large and
beautifully detailed
Bonzo figures in a plaster composite. All of the
pieces here are
unpainted, but it is know that some were also painted in
natural Bonzo
colours, with pink tongues and black spots. Some
have a
facsimilie
signature of Studdy's engraved in them, but this is not
always the
case.
It is assumed that these were produced in the late 1920's
and early
30's.
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The Bonzo Clock. |
Bonzo asleep on his bone - Let sleeping Bonzos lie! |
A standing Bonzo figure, giving the thumbs up! |
The Wilkinson China company also made a porcelain version of this figure. |
This chap appears to have a dummy in his mouth. |
Various other companies, both in England and elsewhere, produced
plaster
figures in the image of Bonzo.
A French ashtray. |
A very similarly moulded Bonzo, this time sitting on a kennel which houses a clock movement. Bonzo's left eye is glass or resin, & the should be a metal fly (or bee) attached where you can see a small pinhole on the left side of the kennel where Bonzo is looking. Both the plaster case and the 30 hour clock movement are German made. |
This wonderful group is a three dimensional version of the image "Carry your tail, my Lord" |
A group of plaster figures modelled on the Swains Studdy Series china figures. From left to right; Tired Tim, Oliver Twist (the plate is metal), and The Ball Boy. |
This tiny figure sitting on a stool is only about 1 inch tall! He's made from a plaster type composite, which allows for such good detail of the stool. |
A Begging Bonzo figure. |