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MODEL IERS PLEASURES AND TREASURES A * 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. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission Library ofCongress CatalogCard Number 62-13079 Manufactured in Italv byArtiGrafiche Matelli. Milan 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 theii^ I A bronzemodel, 14J., incheshigh,ofaneques- trian warrior from ar- chaicGreece

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