HUGE INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE Recently Acquired Huge Collection From Bossons Collector For More Variety Of Vintage Bossons Heads Click The Link Below: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SanaCutlery?ref=seller-platform-mcnavion_id=24501247 The Bossons figurines were produced in the mid-to-late 20th century by the company named W.H. Bossons Ltd established in England. These figurines are now sought-after collectibles. Bossons Figurines are a popular collection of hand-painted, three-dimensional & especially life-like look & are made from a type of material called Plaster of Paris (gypsum). Their detailed craftsmanship & unique designs still resonate with collectors & enthusiasts today. Although the company ceased production many years ago, Bossons figurines continue to evoke nostalgia & fascination, making them a beloved part of craftsmanship & collectible memorabilia. Overall the vintage Bossons head Fagin is in great condition with no chips, cracks for discoloring for your collection. This item has lot of detail & vibrant hand painting. The details & the features are very eye catching & remarkable THE HISTORY & EVOLUTION OF THE W. H. BOSSONS COMPANIES It is important to note that the W. H. Bossons Company closed its doors & ceased all operations on December 6, 1996. However, the history of these companies is essentially the story of two men, trained in the craft of making pottery, who transformed their craft into a serious art form. It is also, to borrow a phrase from Dickens, a tale of two cities, or, to be more exact, a tale of two towns in England. One is Stoke-on_Trent, a manufacturing center in Staffordshire, where these two men were trained & is the recognized Potteries district in England. It was here, some 35-miles south of Manchester in northern England that Josiah Wedgwood of Wedgwood China fame introduced fine chinaware in the 1700's. Today, potteries still form the main industry in Stoke-on-Trent: Wedgwood, Spode & Staffordshire ware all come from this area. About eight miles from the northern border of Stoke-on Trent & approximately 185 miles north of London, just inside the County of Cheshire, is the little township of Congleton, England. A very quaint & endearing town of about 25,000 people this was the home of the W. H. Bossons, Ltd. Company for a little over fifty years. Ray Bossons was an extremely talented artist with an intuitive ability to anticipate market trends. He was a perfectionist with regard to the anatomical detail, artistic excellence & historical accuracy of each item of art the company created. He was the creative genius & without question, the designer extraordinaire of the W. H. Bossons companies following the death of his father, W. H. Bossons in 1951. The company's reputation spread within a comparatively short period of time to all the principal markets of the world. Most of the original ideas & basic concepts came from Ray Bossons fertile imagination. He would sketch the ideas for the wall masks & figurines after much research on each character to be portrayed & relied on his extensive library for research material. The original models were executed in clay by highly talented sculptors with no limit set on the time it took to create an original model. Ray Bossons would set the standard s for the pieces & then turn them over to the staff of painters to complete. Much to the chagrin of Bossons collectors worldwide, the company closed its doors & ceased all operation on December 6, 1996. Mr. W. Ray Bossons passed away on May 27, 1999 at age 80. Bossons is the name given to an extraordinary collection of character wall masks, figurines, shelf ornaments, animal studies, wall plaques, lamp bases, bookends, wall clocks, thermometers, barometers, pottery figures & mirrors that were produced by the W. H. Bossons Company of Congleton, England between 1948 & 1996. The brainchild of a talented father & son team, they have become highly sought after works of art all around the world, but especially in the USA & England. Both W. H Bossons & his son W. Ray Bossons studied pottery making in Stoke-on-Trent. When ill health forced Mr. Bossons Sr. to retire to Congleton in 1944, he started making lead soldiers & Christmas figurines out of metal & plaster as a hobby. Eventually, using a variety of technical skills including mold making, he decided to produce a range of wall plaques. His son, W. Ray Bossons was a talented artist & the two set up a business in 1946 at Brook Mills in Congleton. They
