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Sebastian - Colonial Lace Maker Information on this figure can be found at http://www.sebastianworld.com/items/sml1/sml173.htm
The figure came with the original box, which is marked
The design of the figure was conceived by Prescott W. Baston as a ‘mother and child’ concept. He visited the Ipswich Historical Society to research the costume and cradle. The actual pillow and bobbins appear to be fairly accurate depictions of Ipswich lacemaking equipment. This example is either SML-173 (first issued 1951/withdrawn 1975) or SML -173C (first issued 1976). It might be the 'C' version if you think about the pencil mark on the base. This second piece is more recent, and is actually quite nice. It has a much darker green dress than the original and Pepto-Bismol pink highlights. It came with the original box, labeled #6301 Colonial Lace A SEBASTIAN MINIATURE I’m not in a position to figure out the ins and outs of all the later editions of this figure, and why the design attribution suddenly has gone to the original Baston’s son. first posted 1/19/2009 |
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