Royal Doulton Figurine Long John Silver HN2204

Long John Silver (HN2204) was designed by Mary Nicoll and issued by Royal Doulton from 1957 to 1965, standing 9 inches tall as part of the Literary Characters series. The subject is Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal villain from Treasure Island — the one-legged sea cook with his parrot on his shoulder and a commanding presence that made him one of the most compelling antagonists in English literature.

Nicoll captures the character with the confidence the subject demands: the wooden leg, the parrot perched at shoulder height, and the bearing of a man who can be charming and dangerous in the same breath. The Literary Characters series was one of Doulton's most enduring collecting themes, and Long John Silver stands among its most recognisable subjects — a figure that needs no label to be identified, which is precisely the measure of how well Nicoll read Stevenson's original.

The production window ran eight years before retirement in 1965, and the piece has been out of production for six decades. Nicoll-designed Literary Characters from this mid-century period hold their collectibility well, and Long John Silver in particular draws interest from two directions — Doulton collectors and admirers of Stevenson's work alike.

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