A stylish and slender deportment portrays Maria in a somewhat reflective moment. Her beautiful looks and long dark sweeping hair are wonderfully enhanced by a full-length pale blue dress, tastefully patterned with a platinum and white inter-woven design.

Beautifully modelled in translucent bone china, Royal Doulton Pretty Ladies figurines are hand made and hand decorated. Each figure bears the prestigious Royal Doulton backstamp as well as a unique reference number. Often characterised by the toe peeping out from a swirling dress, their appeal can come from a romantic name or a beautiful gown.

Pretty Ladies have always been one of Royal Doulton's most popular ranges of collectable china ornaments. Also known as Fair Ladies, they are a long-established part of the portfolio, beginning their modern life in 1913 at the start of the HN Series of figures - and the start of the rebirth of Staffordshire figure making inaugurated by Leslie Harradine and Charles Noke of Royal Doulton.