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<p>[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 48120, member: 105"]LOL, af! Your job of search and destroy will be a never ending task, it appears there are thousands of them! </p><p><br /></p><p>GUNNS GALLERY - Will Young Pottery</p><p>WILL YOUNG FIGURES</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Young was a potter who worked from a studio at Runnaford near Widecombe where in light of his surroundings produced a range of pottery figurines which depicted various characters from the 'Uncle Tom Cobley' legend along with smugglers and rustics. He died in 1995</p><p><br /></p><p>The family tradition was carried on by Will's son Alan who worked from a pottery in France producing the Widecombe figurines. Alan Young died in January 2011.</p><p><br /></p><p>These unique sculptures of pirates, smugglers and yokels have been collected by enthusiasts in many countries around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gunnsgallery.co.uk/index.php?location=artist&artist=356&source=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gunnsgallery.co.uk/index.php?location=artist&artist=356&source=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.gunnsgallery.co.uk/index.php?location=artist&artist=356&source=2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 48120, member: 105"]LOL, af! Your job of search and destroy will be a never ending task, it appears there are thousands of them! GUNNS GALLERY - Will Young Pottery WILL YOUNG FIGURES Will Young was a potter who worked from a studio at Runnaford near Widecombe where in light of his surroundings produced a range of pottery figurines which depicted various characters from the 'Uncle Tom Cobley' legend along with smugglers and rustics. He died in 1995 The family tradition was carried on by Will's son Alan who worked from a pottery in France producing the Widecombe figurines. Alan Young died in January 2011. These unique sculptures of pirates, smugglers and yokels have been collected by enthusiasts in many countries around the world. [URL]http://www.gunnsgallery.co.uk/index.php?location=artist&artist=356&source=2[/URL][/QUOTE]
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