Gort bone china figurines of Alice, Duchess, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit Object

Accession number: 
PML 352871.1-4
Published: 
Metuchen, New Jersey : Gort China Company, [ca. 1945-1954]
Description: 
4 figurines
Credit: 
Gift of Mrs. Chalmers Carothers, 1982.
Notes: 

Alice figurine signed at bottom: "Alice" CM; Duchess figurine signed at bottom: "Duchess" CM; Mad Hatter figurine signed at bottom: "Madhatter" by Priolo CP; White Rabbit signed at bottom: "Mr. Rabbit" CP.
"Brought to PML in January, 1982, by Arthur Houghton's daughter, Mrs. Chalmers Carothers, saying we could keep or sell them"--Houghton checklist.

Provenance: 
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Summary: 

Four bone china color figurines of Alice (PML 352871.1), the Duchess (PML 352871.2), the Mad Hatter (PML 352871.3), and the White Rabbit (PML 352871.4), stamped with the company's emblem at the bottom "Bone China GORT."

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