SML-127  OLIVER TWIST AND THE PARISH BEADLE


SML-127 Oliver Twist & the Parish Beadle

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reference numbers SML-127: Oliver Twist and the Parish Beadle (Patent Pending) (M)
SML-127A: Oliver Twist and the Parish Beadle (M)
SML-127B: Oliver Twist and the Parish Beadle (Lance 6115)
description Beadle with Oliver behind
dimensions height = 3 1/8 inches
topics and series Topics: Literature in England
Series: Charles Dickens
related items none
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-127: (1949/1953/-)
SML-127A: (1954/1975/-);
SML-127B: (1976/1991/-)
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity not applicable
era first introduced. Marblehead
value range SML-127: 65/75
SML-127A: 40/60
SML-127B: 30/35 
auction notes none
comments/observations none

GENERAL INFORMATION.  Baston designed Oliver Twist as the final character in the Dickens series except for Charles Dickens himself (SML-208) and a base to house the collection in 1966 (SML-347).
     The novel Oliver Twist (1837-1839) depicts the world of poverty, crime and the workhouses of 19th century London.  Baston depicts young Oliver clutching the cuff of the parish beadle (an inferior church officer having a variety of minor duties).  He is being led from the orphanage to his job as apprentice to an undertaker.  He has all his worldly possessions in "a box six inches square and four inches deep."

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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