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Rip Van Winkle D6463 - Lighter - Royal Doulton
Estimate:
$50 - $150
Sold
$60
Live Auction
September Collectors Auction, Day 2
Description
Grey-blue cap; brown robes; figure dressed in blue resting against tree.
In 1820, the American writer Washington Irving wrote the story of Rip Van Winkle, based on legends he had heard from Dutch settlers. While walking in the Catskill Mountains of New York, Rip drinks a fairy potion, falls asleep for 20 years and wakes to find an unrecognizable world.

Artist: Geoff Blower
Issued: 1958 - unknown
Dimensions: 3.5"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England