Ulysses S. Grant commanded the armies of the Union. Robert E. Lee was the Confederacy’s leading general. They stood for the two opposing sides of a divided nation, and Lee’s surrender to Grant in April 1865 effectively ended the American Civil War.

Royal Doulton commemorated these two historic figures in 1993 with limited-edition sculptures designed by Robert Tabbenor. An exceptional pairing for collectors of American history and Royal Doulton military figures.

The two figures

Grant stands at a stone wall in his dark Union frock coat, a folded map in one hand and the other resting on the flag laid over the stones.

Lee is in Confederate grey, his field glasses raised in one hand and his hat held in the other, gloved, with a gun carriage wheel behind him. Seen from the side, the two turn toward each other.

Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee Figurines
HN3403 and HN3404, Robert Tabbenor, 1993, edition of 5,000. Eleven and a half inches each.
$2,500

From the same shelf

Royal Doulton turned the same chapter of American history into character jugs: Abraham Lincoln with the flag on the handle, the Civil War jug, D7266, and General Custer, the Union cavalry commander, D7079. The Lincoln jug by Peggy Davies carries the Gettysburg Address on its handle, in an edition of 250.

Abraham Lincoln Large
Royal Doulton character jug.
$395

Civil War Large D7266
D7266, Royal Doulton character jug.
$595

General Custer
D7079, Royal Doulton character jug.
$225

Lincoln Large
Peggy Davies, edition of 250.
$395

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