Royal Doulton Gleaners & Gipsies
Royal Doulton Gleaners & Gipsies 15" charger; D5624; dated September 1937
Royal Doulton created a special back stamp for the Gleaners & Gipsies series, of which there are two variations, the more common says “English Old Scenes, The Gleaners”; while the rarer of the two stamps says “English Old Scenes, The Gipsies”.I have no idea why they did this so if you have a suggestion we would love to hear it.
This series has 14 pattern numbers issued against it -
D3191 was issued in 1909
D3554 " "1912
D3812 " "1914
D3821 " "1914
D4842 " "1929
D4853 " "1929
D4854 " "1929
D4983 " "1930
D4984 " "1930
D5003 " "1930
D5356 " "1933
D5624 " "1936
D5810 " "1937
D6123 " "1940
Of the 26 scenes listed below; 24 where named by Lousie Irvine, see page 89 of Volume 2 and page 50 of Volume 5 of Royal Doulton Series Ware. Scenes 25 and 26 have been named by me. It is not uncommon to find partial scenes in this series so I will include these as they come to hand. The scenes are:-
1: Campfire Scene
2: Man leading donkey with his family
3: Woman & boy pulling sledge, dog in background
4: Woman & girl dragging bale of hay
5: Woman sitting on a rock
6:Standing woman pointing to stooping woman
7: Woman with bundle of corn at hip. Girl with corn on back and boy.
8: Woman standing with corn and hand on hip, another stooping.
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
9: Woman & Child child sitting on grass, man gathering corn.
10: Woman with child clinging to skirts & boy balancing corn on shoulder.
11: Woman tying a bundle bundle of corn on boys back
12: One woman stooping, another kneeling
13: Woman with boy holding her bundle and girl with corn on head
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
14: One woman standing with bundle, another stooping
15: Man & woman kneeling in fields gathering
16: Boy climbing fence, woman with bundle behind
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
17: Rear veiw woman with bundle on head and boy boy with bundle in arms
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
18: Front veiw woman with bundle on head, more corn in apron, and girl
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
19: Woman standing with bundle, man gathering behind
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
20: Woman sitting, woman with bundle on back behind
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
21: Woman sitting with corn in lap, man with bundle in arms, rear veiw
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
22: Rear view woman holding boy's hand, girl with bundle on head
23: Woman with bundle in arms, girl with bundle on head
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
24: Old woman & a boy
Scene yet to be sourced - can you help?
25: "Two chooks"
26: "Lone cock"
