Quartermaine Hall

Artisan: Tricia Street
Date: 1998
Inscriptions: signed with initials ‘TS’ and dated ’98’ (on the base)
Dimensions: 20 x 10 x 10 mm. / ¾ x ⅜ x ⅜ inches (height x width x depth)
Inventory number: 2022.111
Intended Room: Breakfast Room
Category: Figurines

Provenance: Barbara Kinghorn Dickinson and Stan Dickinson, owners of BKD Miniatures; and by descent to Barbara’s son Chris Kinghorn; from whom purchased by us via eBay in 2022.

Initially, I thought that this tiny porcelain figure by Tricia Street was supposed to form part of a Four Continents series. I assumed that the man was supposed to represent Africa, but then how do we explain the animal with him, which I’m almost positive is a wolf? And what is the man holding in his arms? It looks almost like a bunch of flowers. These are puzzles which I’ll have to try and work out, as unfortunately I’m not aware of any catalogue of Tricia Street’s work – though please let me know if there is one!

It is an absolutely wonderful figure, on an even tinier scale than the other groups I have by Tricia. Like the rest of my Tricia Street porcelain to date, this comes from the collection of Barbara and Stan Dickinson, former owners of BKD Miniatures.