SML-50  MR. MICAWBER


SML-050  Mr. Micawber

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reference numbers SML-50: Mr. Micawber (Patent Pending) (M)
SML-50A: Mr. Micawber (M)
SML-50B: Mr. Micawber (Lance 6101)
description small figure of Mr. Micawber.
dimensions height = 3 3/4 inches
topics and series Topics: Literature in England
Series: Charles Dickens
related or similar items none
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-50 (1946/1953/-)
SML-50A (1954/1975/-)
SML-50B (1976/-/-)
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity not applicable
era first introduced. Marblehead
value range SML-50: 65/75
SML-50A: 40/60
SML-50B: 25/35
auction notes none
comments/observations none

GENERAL INFORMATION.  Mr. Wilkins Micawber is a great projector of bubble schemes sure to lead to fortune but always ending in grief.  In spite of his lack of results, he never despairs. He feels certain that something will "turn up."  Having failed in every adventure in England, he emigrates to Australia where he becomes a magistrate.  Micawber is said to be drawn from Dickens' father.
     Baston drew his design from the epic portrayal of Micawber by W. C. Fields in the 1936 MGM movie of David Copperfield.  Baston sent Fields a Micawber figurine before it was introduced and received a note of approval in return.  It was the same year the famous actor died.

Note: Baston designed a six-sided (hexagonal) base (SML-347) for his Dickens characters, locking them mechanically to a cottage background (SML-61) display. In 1946 he applied for a patent to protect this design motif and he cast the term "Patent Pending" into the base of each Dickens figurine.  In 1953 he was informed that the patent was denied.  All Dickens production form 1946 to 1953 bears the term "Patent Pending."

From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.

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