Model Soldiers (Pleasures and Treasures)

136 Pages·1959·14.34 MB·English

by  Henry Harris

MODEL
IERS
PLEASURES AND TREASURES

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PLEASURES AND TREASURES
MODEL
SOLDIERS
Endpapers
A displayofmodelsoldiersfromtheAuthor's
collection exhibited at Cardiff Castle, Wales,
December1959
MODEL
HENRY HARRIS
SOLDIERS
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
200MADISONAVENUE,NEWYORK
Acknowledgements
The author and publishers wish to thank the following owners and collectors for
kind permission to reproduce their models and illustrations: HRH the Duke of
Gloucester, figure 12; the Duke ofMarlborough, figure 27; General Angenot, figures
26. 29, 50, 55, 60, 62; Colonel C. W. A. Bath, figures 95. 120; I'eter Blum Esq.,
figures 57, 74; Monsieur Boverat, figure 24; Monsieur Broumes, figure 90; V. M.
Carmen Esq., figure 88; A. (leaver Esq.. figure 117; L. H. Cox Esq., figure 17;
Captain R. S. Dilley, figures 25, 69, 94, 96, 97,98, 100, 101, 102, 109, 127. 128, 130:
Graham Fairish., figure 131; Russell Gammage., figures 56. 82, 85, 86, 92. 131:
J. J. Garratt Esq., figures 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 14, 16, 19, 20. 22. 23. 30, 65, 67.
68; I. X. Greene Esq., figure 104; Monsieur A.Gritton, figure 63: ,1. Gubbins Esq..
figure 103; Colonel J. A. Jewson, figure 30: Madame Metayer, figure 58: Patrick
MurrayEsq.,figures18,53;ReneNorth Esq..figures 13.59, 118; Monsieur Soubeiran
de Pierres. figures 10, 11;T. Sutton Esq., 68: Glenn Thompson Esq., 77.80,81.
The author and publishers are also grateful to the Commandant. GuardsDepot,
Pirbright, for kind permission to reproduce figure 38; to the Curator. Sherwood
Foresters' Museum. Derby,for figure 15; to Bryan Latham Esq. and Messrs Alex
Tiranti forfigure 46. reproducedfrom Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figures;and to
thefollowingmuseums:British Museum,figures1.4,6;BayerischesNationalmuseum.
Munich,figures20. 23: the Bodleian Library, Oxford,figure5:Cairo Museum, figure
3; Imperial War Museum, London, figures 48. 49; Irish Military College Museum.
The Curragh, figures 21. 54. 107. 123, 124; London Museum. Kensington Palace,
figure 7; Ministry of Works, figure 16 (Crown Copyyright reserved): Museum of
Childhood. Edinburgh,figures31,52,53: National Army Museum. Sandhurst,figures
8,9,36,37,39,40,42.43; Naval Museum. Madrid, figures82. 83; New York Military
HistoricalSociety,figures 57.74; North Staffordshire Regimental Museum, Lichfield,
figures44,45: Royal Army Service Corps Museum. Aldershot, figures 51, 99; Royal
Scots Museum, Edinburgh,figure41: I'S Marine,(cupsMuseum, Quantico, Virginia,
figures 73, 75. 76; PS Marine Corps Memorial Museum. Philadelphia, figure 64;
PS Military Academy, West Point. 70. 71: PS Xaval Museum. Annapolis. 72.
Theauthorand publishersare alsoobliged to the following commercial makers toi
permission to reproduce their models: W. Britain Ltd.. figure 33: Mignot,figure 28:
Norman Newton Ltd.. 61. 87: Messrs Staar, 65; Messrs Airfix, 111, 112. 113.
Figures 10, 11,24,26,28,29.50.55,60,62,63,90 were photographed by E. Boudot
Lamotte, Paris; the endpapers and figure 105 by IP Tempest Ltd.. Cardiff; and
figure 12bytheCamera Press(Tom Blau). Figures57.74areby Peter Blum:figures
13, 59, 118 by Rene North;andfigure 83by W. Britain Etd. Figures 22. sitare bj
Messrs A. ('. Cooper;figures78. 79by FedericoArborioMella;figures 18, 31, 41. 52.
53.93byTomScott,Edinburgh;figure 15byWinter.Derby; figures 21. 54. 1»>7 by
T. Gunn, Dublin; figures 77, 80, 81, 103, 104 by J.D.Barry. Dublin; figure 17
by F. G. Rottner,Brighton.Figures 70, 71"were providedbythe PS Military Acad-
emy, West Point; figure 64 by the PS Marine Corps Memorial Museum, Phila-
delphia; figures 73. 75, 76 by the PS Marine Corps Museum, Quantico: and figure
72 by the PS Naval Academy. Annapolis. Figures 1, 4, 6, are by the British
Museum and figure 5 by theBodleian Library; 132from Capt B. EL Liddell Hart.
AH the otherphotographswerespecially takenforthisbook by Alan Meek from the
c©oll1e9c6ti2onbsymHeentniroyneHdararibsove and from the author's collection.
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must not be reproduced in any form without permission
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Contents
Chapter ONI Page 6
Models and their Collectors
Tombfurniture-Mediaevaltoys and precious-metalmodels- Royal
collectors-The King of Rome's toy soldiers- Siborne's Waterloo
diorama - Early German makers - Hilpert. Heinrichsen, Heyde -
French modellers-Lucotte,Mignot-EarlyEnglishfirms-W. Britain,
J. Hill. Eriksson
Chapter two Page 40
Major Collections
NationalArmyMuseum. Sandhurst-London and provincial collec-
tions-Chinafignres-CurraghCampMilitaryMuseum, Eire-Parisian
collections-Strasbourg-Germancollections-US MilitaryAcademy,
West Point-US Naval Academy. Annapolis - Bruges -Museo del
Commune, Milan-NavalMuseum. Madrid-Landesmuseum, Zurich
Chapter three paRe 86
Collecting Today
Methodsofbuilding up acollection-Theauthor'scollection-leading
makersofconnoisseurfigures- Exhibitions-Collectors'societies-War
games-Vehicles-Plasticfiguresandtheirconversion
Chapter roue
Advice to Collectors PaSe 118
Thescopeof a single collection-Sourcesof information-Joininga
society-Converting,castingandpainting
CHAPTER ONE
Models and
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