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Hummingbird
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Introduced: |
1983 | Initial Price: |
£49.95 |
Status: |
Retired December 2000 | Retiring Price: |
£62.00 |
| Modelled by: | John Ablitt | Market Value: | £46 - £65 |
Decorated by: |
John Ablitt | Size: |
10cm high |
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Comments: |
The Hummingbird was John Ablitt's first paperweight design. | ||
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Introduced: |
2003 | Initial Price: |
£65.00 |
Status: |
Retired July 2008 | Retiring Price: |
£78.00 |
| Decorated by: | John Ablitt | Market Value: | £43 - £65 |
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Comments: |
Introduced to correct a misunderstanding between Jo Ledger (then Art Director of Royal Doulton) and John Ablitt. Jo asked for a bee-hummingbird but John thought a hummingbird was required. Then he found that there was also a strikingly colourful little bird called a bee-eater! | ||
Last Modified: 05/07/08
