Introduction to the LENHAM POTTERY discontinued MODELS pages:

The purpose of these pages is to put into the public domain identification details, size and shape, of the models I have designed, hand-made, cast, coloured and fired since 1969. You might need to verify the provenance of a piece or to challenge false attributions. I have been both flattered and upset to see some of my models offered for sale on internet auction sites, ascribed to well-known commercial public limited companies. I have never licensed any firm to copy my designs.

For various reasons, these items are no longer made. The models illustrated are digital images of my reference copies where available, or scanned photos. Otherwise I have photographed my working "rubber" models.
All original sculptures, working models, moulds, images and these words are copyright.

I began with dogs - my own breed being Keeshonds - for which there were no commercial models available. For further information, click on the image to open the Introduction to Dog Models page.

In 1974 came the first horse model - a Percheron at 1/8th scale (1.5 inches to 1 foot). By 1983 there were thirteen horses on the list at 1/8th, 1/10th, 1/12th scales, and we were manufacturing our own design of harness kits. Horses are illustrated and listed on the main lenham-pottery-models.co.uk site.

Horses: Background information:
My husband, Barré Funnell, was interested in making models of horse-drawn vehicles, and when he retired from the RAF, he began a fruitful association with John Thompson of Surrey. John was a draughtsman and produced meticulous scaled plans of carts, waggons, gigs, timber-bobs, ploughs, private and commercial vehicles. For ten years, we sold his plans at the Model Engineering Exhibition in London, and he drew attention to Lenham Pottery models in his books and publications. We still get people trying to find us at our previous address at 215 Wroxham Road, Norwich. He died tragically early in 1989. The hobby of making and exhibiting model horse-drawn vehicles has gone into a decline with the abandonment of traditional craft apprenticeships and the demise of those men whose livelihood depended on the horse. A few craftsmen are still working and exhibits may be seen at the Model Engineering Exhibition (Sandown Park, January) or the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition (Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Near Leamington Spa, October. website - www.modelengineeringexhibition.co.uk)

The images below are also links to the page.

I had a small range of cats, Domestic, Long-hair, and Foreign Short-hair. The page is 213 KB.	In “Other Models” you will see details of the Stag, Goats, and Character Cachés which were china money boxes. The page is a heavyweight 340 KB	This page includes the Van-Dal Girl (1981), the Van-Dal Cat (1986) and the Start-Rite Shoe - Bicentenary souvenir (1992). These were made in editions of over 1000 and have surfaced in antique shops. The page consumes 228 KB
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This page includes bronzes and fibre-glass resin models. Lots of illustrations makes this page, 374 KB	This page gives details about the methods used to make the models. There are some illustrations to make this take up 189 KB.	My initials: AF plus the year letter, Z. This is the signature written on the models which may aid dating and maker-identification. Mostly text, only 19 KB.
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“Contact” is my personal e-mail address for information on discontinued models.
The Lenham Pottery Models e-mail address is given below. If you wish for any further information on the items listed in the main part of the site, please type in the appropriate address and ask a (brief) question.

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