Rare, Fortnum & Mason Window Display, Limited Edition, Katherine’s Collection by Wayne Kleski, Life-Size Pair of Articulated Cloth Frog Figures.

A pair of life-sized articulated figures of frogs, in elaborate Victorian dress with well-crafted resin heads. These Frogs were created for the 1998 Fortnum and Mason's window display in Piccadilly, London to showcase the launch of Wayne Kleski’s new Katherine’s Collection of anthropomorphic Frog characters.
 
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Wear commensurate with age.

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From the Collection of Nigell and Heather D’Oyly. Nigell and Heather have been passionate collectors throughout their married life. The core of their collection was inherited from the J W French side of Nigell’s family, who were prosperous flour millers based in Bow, Chelsea and Ware. Their notable relatives include Sir Charles D’Oyly, 7th Baronet (1781-1845), an accomplished watercolorist based in Calcutta, and Sir John D’Oyly, 1st Baronet of Kandy, Ceylon (1774-1824).