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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JB Miller, post: 10716242, member: 2476&quot;]Have you examined your figurine under a black light to see if the arm has been restored? I can&#039;t figure any other explanation as to why there&#039;s another figurine with the same U-22A that shows the arm upright holding a staff while your figurine has the arm in a different position. If you notice on your figurine the different hand is painted more plainly than the other and the cuff seems to be rougher looking. There also appears to be a rough spot where a staff could have been attached to the base.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533987[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The numbers on the base remind me of the numbers on Japanese imports from after WW1 when some companies were remaking old German and French figurines. Sylvan China sold replicas from some Royal Dux old molds and used red numbers. Arnart was another company that sold replicas of old French figurines, usually Jean Gille and Vion &amp; Baury. To me the numbers on your figurine look 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottoms of the other bases like your figure:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533988[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533989[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There isn&#039;t much info about Vic Pearson &amp; Co. There are some references on Google Books that show three addresses from the 1970&#039;s-1990&#039;s. The Getty Center in Los Angeles has one file about them. They were importers/exporters/shippers based in London. There are several items with their shipping label that are in museums.</p><p><br /></p><p>Various bases over the years:</p><p><br /></p><p>Old Derby showing the incised 227 model number:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533990[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Presumably made by Edme Samson in Paris:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533991[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Royal Crown Derby made in 1976:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533995[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied a page from a Crown Derby book showing the figurines:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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