Ballad Seller HN2266, Royal Doulton Figurine Art Pottery Clear backstamp showing HN5908 marking

Clear backstamp showing HN5908 marking and December birthstone designation

Part of the Peggy Davies Classics collection

With its 16-year production run and classic Pretty Ladies characteristics including the signature toe peeking from swirling dress

or Georgian period pieces

but the second style's seven-year run gives it slightly greater availability than its predecessor

Ballad Seller HN2266, Royal Doulton Figurine Art Pottery Clear backstamp showing HN5908 markingBallad Seller (HN2266) was designed by Peggy Davies and produced by Royal Doulton from 1968 to 1973. Standing 7. 5 inches (19 cm) tall, this evocative character figure depicts a young street vendor from Georgian era London, offering printed ballad sheets to passersby a figure drawn directly from the rich tradition of English street life that fascinated artists and printmakers for centuries. The figure is believed to have been inspired by Francis