Royal Doulton Dickens Sam Weller beaker cover | #1 Explorers Swan Lake is a ballet

Swan Lake is a ballet composed by Tchaikovsky in 1875–76and despite its initial failure

Depicts a Maiden and Putti and the design is complemented by fine gilt and turquoise enamel jewelling

5cm (1 3/4") diameter at top

Maid Marion DB245

Morris championed a principle of handmade production that did not chime with the Victorian era's focus on industrial 'progress'

Royal Doulton Dickens Sam Weller beaker cover | #1 Explorers Swan Lake is a balletRoyal Doulton Dickens Sam Weller beaker cover Designed to sit on top of a beaker and hold a biscuit (this is what the seriesware shape books show the item to be) Royal Doulton Dickens series was arguably one of the most successful Seriesware designs produced for some 50 years by Royal Doulton, with some colour and design modifications during the production period from c. 1908 1951 . This item by it's early use of colour tones, would date from the