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Some Royal Doulton figurines were plainly made to go together, and Daydreams and Chloe are the clearest example Ed Pascoe knows. Both are seated ladies by Leslie Harradine. They turn in toward each other, toward the centre. Both hold flowers, both wear hats, and their wide tiered skirts are the ones a lady would have worn between about 1800 and 1820.
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Red, the rare colour
Each figurine was made in several colourways, and red is the rarest for both. The Daydreams here, HN1944, was made in 1942, and the red Chloe that sat beside her in the film was made in 1941. Look at the faces: that is where the difference shows.
Before the war
Ed's rule of thumb is that a figurine painted in the 1930s, and into the first years of the war, is painted to a standard that did not come back for a long time, above all in the faces. After the war England was exhausted, and so was its ceramic industry. Decorative work was restricted, the materials that went into glazes and colours were needed elsewhere, and figurines only returned in small numbers around 1950.
Daydreams
Leslie Harradine, issued 1940 to 1949, 5.25 inches
$850
The red Chloe has found a home. Daydreams is still here, and so are other Chloes and Daydreams in other colours and sizes, for anyone who wants to put a pair together.
Chloe
$850
Chloe
$225
Chloe Miniature
$395