Lot 317: Pears Soap Advertising Bisque Figure Bubbles

A ceramic bisque advertising figure modelled after John Everett Millais’ painting Bubbles for Pears Soap, depicting a seated boy on a faux-wood log holding a pipe with an applied clear bubble to the bowl, a wash basin in his lap lettered BUBBLES in relief, and the log reverse lettered PEARS. Painted in polychrome enamels with matte and semi-glazed finishes. The hollow underside is stamped with a circular red mark reading MADE ABROAD enclosing an eight-pointed device, alongside a painted red character 3 or w.
Height: approximately 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).