{"product_id":"royal-doulton-figurine-calumet-hn1689","title":"Royal Doulton Figurine Calumet HN2068","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCalumet (HN2068) was designed by Charles J. Noke and produced by Royal Doulton from 1950 to 1953. Standing 6.25 inches (16 cm) tall, this finely modelled character figure belongs to the Native American Heritage series and depicts a figure in traditional Indigenous attire holding a calumet — the ceremonial peace pipe that has served for centuries as a sacred instrument of diplomacy, ceremony, and spiritual connection among the peoples of the Great Plains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe figure is rendered in a warm brown and green colourway, with the hand-painting conveying the texture and weight of fringed buckskin clothing and the quiet authority of the subject. Noke brings the same assured draughtsmanship to this figure that defines his best character work — unhurried, respectful in its attention to detail, and rooted in the careful observation that distinguishes a skilled modeller from a merely competent one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCharles Noke was Royal Doulton's Art Director and one of the most significant figures in the company's history, responsible for establishing the HN series itself in 1913 and shaping its character across three decades. His later figures — produced in the final years of his career — are among the most considered and personally invested work he created, and Calumet represents that mature phase of his practice. The Native American Heritage series as a whole reflects Noke's longstanding interest in subjects beyond the English domestic tradition, and these pieces are correspondingly less common and less well understood in the general market than his more widely collected work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWith a production window of just three years, HN2068 is among the rarer figures in the HN series by any measure. Clean examples with no chips, repairs, or crazing are genuinely difficult to find and attract strong interest from collectors specialising in early 1950s character figures, Noke-designed pieces, and the Native American Heritage series. Fully insured shipping across Canada with tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Cross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41525887008901,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0310\/4050\/3941\/files\/IMG_7586.heic?v=1771694776","url":"https:\/\/william-cross.com\/products\/royal-doulton-figurine-calumet-hn1689","provider":"William Cross","version":"1.0","type":"link"}