Beswick / Beatrix Potter Interest: Folio of twenty nine unframed watercolours of Beatrix Potter Storybook animals,prising: A prototype poster or point-of-sale design, advertising “Beatrix Potter’s Delightful Characters in Pottery by Beswick”, featuring the book ‘The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck’, large illustration of Jemima, and eight smaller named figurines, as illustrated by the apanying book - Irvine, Louise (Ed.), ‘John Beswick and Royal Albert Beatrix Potter Figures, UK International Ceramics Ltd, 1st Edn 1992. See pp.13-17, where Valerie Baynton illustrates p.13 ”Advertisement for the introductory collection of Beatrix Potter figures c.1950”, 37.5cm x 27.5cm; together with six illustrations, all corresponding to known examples in Beatrix Potter books, as identified in ‘The Classic Tales of Beatrix Potter – The Original 23 Peter Rabbit Books ('The Only Original and Authorized Edition by Beatrix Potter'), F. Warne & Co, 1994, [page numbers identified in square brackets], viz: ‘Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Two Bad Mice’, faintly inscribed “… Frederick Warne (1936?) Beswick & Co Staffs” [p.259] ‘Beatrix Potter - Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse’, inscribed lower right “proposed figural draft Beswick Staffs Frederick Warne (1936?)” [p.239] Duchess holding flowers (untitled) [p.134] Mrs Rabbit holding basket (untitled) [p.8] Cousin Ribby (untitled) [p.93] Thomasina Tittlemouse, wearing a rabbit-wool cloak and hood (untitled) [p.44] Sold with a copy of the aforementioned book, and twenty-two artist-annotated prototype paint colour illustration guides for Beatrix Potter Storybook figurines, with pencil instructions and notes, entitled beneath and with unknown page references verso, 26.5cm x 18.5cm each, viz: P1092 Jemima Puddle Duck p.39, P1098 Peter Rabbit p.39, P1100 Tom-Kitten p. 62, P1101 Timmy Tiptoes p.61, P1102 [Squirrel] Nutkin p.62, P1103 Mrs Tittlemouse p.39, P1104 Little Pig Robinson p.60, P1105 Benjamin Bunny p.60, P1106 Samuel Whiskers from Roly Pud [Roly Poly Pudding] p.40, P1107 Mrs Tiggy-Winkle p.40 / paint p.63, P1108 Tailor of Gloucester p.40, P1109 Timmy Willie p.40, P1157 Mr Jeremy Fisher p.40, P1183 Lady Mouse p.40, P1198 Hunca Munca + Babies p.40, P1200 Mrs Rabbit p.59, P1274 Flopsy, Mopsy + Cottontail, P1275 Miss Moppet p.63, P1276 Johnny Town-Mouse p.41, P1277 Foxy Whiskered Gentleman p.41, P1676 Ribby p.40, P2284 Cousin RibbyAll in a gilt-stamped ‘Beswick’ folio, 45cm x 32cm, (31)Valerie Baynton [op. cit.] states p.13; "The idea to introduce a Beatrix Potter figure collection originated during a holiday in the Lake District taken by Ewart Beswick, the Chairman and Managing Director of thepany, and his Cumbrian-born wife, Lucy. After visiting the haunts of Beatrix Potter, Mrs Beswick returned to Stoke-on-Trent and made a point of visiting thepany’s chief modeller, Arthur Gredington, in his studio. During their conversation she suggested that Jemima Puddle-Duck would look rather nice as a figure and without further ado