Pick of the Week: Tinworth designs a squeaking clock

Amusing animals assuming human characteristics are not just for social media. The anthropomorphic figure groups modelled by George Tinworth (1843-1913) for the Doulton Lambeth factory rank among the best of all Victorian art pottery.

Many of Tinworth’s ‘humoresques’ were made in small multiples with some well-known models such as …

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