new photos of my Flock

I am working on getting individual photos, but here are better pictures of my collection in their 'fold.' Most of these are ceramic, but i promise i'll get to the Safaris Schleichs etc as soon as i can! I actively collect only domestic sheep, but I have some other animals that i couldn't resist or that have been given to me.

This shelf has some of my favorite pieces, not least the only Mastiff figure I have! (It's resin.) The Mule and Morgan Horse at the back are Hagen Renakers, as is the brown dog. The little composition donkey was my grandmother's. My dad gave him to me when I was little, and he's been one of my most prized possessions ever since. His name is Daniel. The big lamb on the left and the two small bisques in front of it are by Boehm. The kneeling bisque is a Lenox. The Herdwick Ewe and the Down lamb are by Border Fine Arts. The lamb with a bell is "Mandy" by Cybis; she's the companion piece to Bo Peep. The little ram in front of Mandy is by Breyer. The funny little ceramic is marked "Tosca". And then some little lead or pewter figures and a broach.
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Mostly Beswicks and Hagen Renakers. The horse in the back is by Pour Horse. The big ram is the back is the Boreray from the Beswick Rare Breeds Survival Trust series. HR Lady Jane and Son John on the right. Then a couple rows of Beswicks, and in front HR minis, plus a few other types. In the very front, Schleich mini Goat and Sheep (brown one thanks to Willy!) and a Suffolk Ewe and Lamb that may be Britains, but are not marked.
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Not much here, but the BFA Black Faced Tup should make up for lack of quantity! The appaloosa horse and foal were made by BHR, my friend Karen Grimm who passed away this spring. You can see the BFA Connemara Pony peeking in behind the Scottish "spaghetti" ram. The lamb in the middle is from an artist in Texas. A Christmas tree ornament and a couple of bobble-heads. A very heavy metal lamb and a cast resin/stone lamb in the front.
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Wade Whimsies and HR Hackney Pony "Brookside Stella". The large white lamb on the right is for the Wade Collectors' Club. They also made this lamb in black, but only about 100 of them, so I don't have much hope of ever getting one.
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HR's plus a BFA trinket box, and a Goebel Lipizzaner that my great aunt gave me from her European travels as a young woman. And Spence (and me ) in the reflection!
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stay tuned...

These next shelves are hard to photograph because they're in the corner where it's dark and/or shooting through curved glass.

HR Roan Lady and Amir in the back. The little draft horse is BHR "Clancy". (Black Horse Ranch was Karen Grimm's real ranch and her company that sold and produced model horses. The ceramic appy and black resin foal on the other shelf are BHRs.) Goebels in the front. The large lying ewe is European, but i haven't yet figured out who made her. The lambs lying together are Royal Copenhagen. The others are by assorted makers: Beechstone, Loza, Lomonosov, Otagiri...
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BFA Suffolks and Swaledale Ram (I have all of the BFS families, but they got separated). A Raku piece. Two sheep from a nativity set my grandfather helped make. A special release Bing & Grondahl. The lamb in the hat is by Cordelia, an American company in the 1940s. At least one of the white lambs is by Kaiser. The three little ones in front are by Northern Rose. The Mockturtle is by Beswick. (Pay no attention to the woman in the mirror-- gads i look a mess!)
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Freeman McFarlin unicorn, Lenox Ram, and three pieces from an artist in England's Lake District, whose name I can't remember and I'm too tired to go look up. Another Cordelia lamb without the hat. They also made a Spaniel and a Cat wearing hats.
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whew! and that's only part of it! Next the Safari, Schleich, ELC, etc. I can't imagine how you with thousands of pieces do it!

I'm in the process of photographing and cataloging the entire collection, so pretty soon i hope to share individual photos.

WOW! that is such a wonderful collection Carolynn! I always get excited when I see ceramics in a collection, there's something really appealing about them.
I love HR Roan Lady, she is stunning, what a beauty - you couldn't share closer pics? I bet she's impossible to get hold of now though?

I just LOVE the BFA sheep, I bid on a Swaledale sheep the other day, but was outbid I really wanted one as well, I'll just have to keep an eye out. But I bought a Northlight Lleyn (?) sheep. It looks like that anyway, I'm not sure of the breed.

GLORIOUS

Ha, ha, I suddenly discovered that I have been looking at your enormous collection of sheep for over half an hour
So many lovely figueres, - who would have thought there are so many different models of sheep

Both you and Spence look great also
And the donkey

How wonderful you got that new camera, the pictures are just so clear and perfect, WOW

Nice pictures !

Wow! That's rather impressive. :)

-Kristie

Very impressive! I love the English Mastiff a lot.

What a flock Congratulation

I can't imagine how many ewe cheese you could produce Miam miam

thank you my friends! your kind words make me happy.
I will post more photos when i can.

HKHollinstone wrote:

WOW! that is such a wonderful collection Carolynn! I always get excited when I see ceramics in a collection, there's something really appealing about them.
I love HR Roan Lady, she is stunning, what a beauty - you couldn't share closer pics? I bet she's impossible to get hold of now though?

I just LOVE the BFA sheep, I bid on a Swaledale sheep the other day, but was outbid I really wanted one as well, I'll just have to keep an eye out. But I bought a Northlight Lleyn (?) sheep. It looks like that anyway, I'm not sure of the breed.

If your new NL sheep is a ewe turning her head back and down, she's a Merino. Her lamb is adorable too.
for years i resisted getting ceramics because i live in earthquake land, but as you can see, obsessions win over practicality!
Roan Lady is magnificent. She usually goes for $400-$600. Mine isn't even particularly fine, but she's a Roan Lady and i got her for $2 at a yard sale. Speaking of earthquakes, she broke both back legs in a quake and i remember as i was running out of the house, i saw her lying there and thought, 'better you than me!'
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I might collect sheep, but these two are my prizes:
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SUSANNE wrote:

GLORIOUS
And the donkey

How wonderful you got that new camera, the pictures are just so clear and perfect, WOW

I love my new camera! It's a Sony Cyber-shot, and if you can believe it, it's a point & shoot! These photos were taken at night, by regular room lighting, no flash!
I'm posting photos of Daniel the donkey on the composition board.

ken yeo wrote:

Very impressive! I love the English Mastiff a lot.

Thanks! I love it too! I have a few Christmas ornaments that are Mastiffs, but this is the only figure that's good enough for me to have. They are the best dogs!
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Kikimalou wrote:

What a flock Congratulation

I can't imagine how many ewe cheese you could produce Miam miam

thank you for letting me share!

Mastiffcat wrote:

If your new NL sheep is a ewe turning her head back and down, she's a Merino. Her lamb is adorable too.
for years i resisted getting ceramics because i live in earthquake land, but as you can see, obsessions win over practicality!
Roan Lady is magnificent. She usually goes for $400-$600. Mine isn't even particularly fine, but she's a Roan Lady and i got her for $2 at a yard sale. Speaking of earthquakes, she broke both back legs in a quake and i remember as i was running out of the house, i saw her lying there and thought, 'better you than me!'

Yes that's the one! She has a lamb too does she, I haven't seen that, do you know where I can see a picture incase I ever come across one of eBay?

Thanks so much for taking pictures of Roan Lady, she is just gorgeous!! You only paid $2 for her wow!
I'm glad we don't get bad earthquakes here if we did I think I'd be paranoid and have all my ceramics packed away

Very nice sheeps!!!! Congratulation!!!

Beautiful flock!! And I see also horses, dogs and even mule too Great collection Carollyn!!!
These porcelain figures are lovely, they have this "something"
Thank You for posting photos of Your collection

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Mastiffcat wrote:

If your new NL sheep is a ewe turning her head back and down, she's a Merino. Her lamb is adorable too.

Yes that's the one! She has a lamb too does she, I haven't seen that, do you know where I can see a picture incase I ever come across one of eBay?

let me see, where can you see a photo of the North Light Merino Lamb? hmmm Oh! i know! right here:
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Daddy is gorgeous too:
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the happy family:
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Mastiffcat wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

If your new NL sheep is a ewe turning her head back and down, she's a Merino. Her lamb is adorable too.

Yes that's the one! She has a lamb too does she, I haven't seen that, do you know where I can see a picture incase I ever come across one of eBay?

let me see, where can you see a photo of the North Light Merino Lamb? hmmm Oh! i know! right here:

I didn't realise you had them! I did look in your display cabinet pictures first but couldn't see them. They are wonderful!

HKHollinstone wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

If your new NL sheep is a ewe turning her head back and down, she's a Merino. Her lamb is adorable too.

Yes that's the one! She has a lamb too does she, I haven't seen that, do you know where I can see a picture incase I ever come across one of eBay?

let me see, where can you see a photo of the North Light Merino Lamb? hmmm Oh! i know! right here:

I didn't realise you had them! I did look in your display cabinet pictures first but couldn't see them. They are wonderful!

they're not in that cabinet. they're in a vitrine in my bedroom. i have all the NL sheep that i know of, except the "art color" rams. of course, that's not saying much: there are only these three, the Suffolk Ewe and her two lambs, and a Black Face Ram. i wish they'd done more. i think NL's sheep are much better than their horses.

Those are just fabulous
The eve also, that family is certainly something special !

Mastiffcat wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

If your new NL sheep is a ewe turning her head back and down, she's a Merino. Her lamb is adorable too.

Yes that's the one! She has a lamb too does she, I haven't seen that, do you know where I can see a picture incase I ever come across one of eBay?

let me see, where can you see a photo of the North Light Merino Lamb? hmmm Oh! i know! right here:

I didn't realise you had them! I did look in your display cabinet pictures first but couldn't see them. They are wonderful!

they're not in that cabinet. they're in a vitrine in my bedroom. i have all the NL sheep that i know of, except the "art color" rams. of course, that's not saying much: there are only these three, the Suffolk Ewe and her two lambs, and a Black Face Ram. i wish they'd done more. i think NL's sheep are much better than their horses.

Oh could you post pictures of your NL collection?! I know I've seen the Merino, but I'd love to see all of them together with the other NL.

Very gorgeous Mastiff and Thanks for sharing! By the way where you bought it? I think I need it.

Thank you, Ken! I'm very pleased with it, as good Mastiff figures are hard to find.

I got it on ebay, several years ago. I just did a quick look, and didn't see it. There are several Mastiff figures on there, but they're not very good. I'll keep an eye open and see if i can find one for you.

Fabulous collection and wonderful pictures

Mastiffcat wrote:

Thank you, Ken! I'm very pleased with it, as good Mastiff figures are hard to find.

I got it on ebay, several years ago. I just did a quick look, and didn't see it. There are several Mastiff figures on there, but they're not very good. I'll keep an eye open and see if i can find one for you.

Thanks!

I just bought one from
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But is a different one

I love your lambs and sheeps! Congrats :)

ken yeo wrote:

I just bought one from
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But is a different one

that's a nice one! it has the Mastiff "it" factor, which is rare to find in figures.
congratulations!

Mastiffcat wrote:

ken yeo wrote:

I just bought one from
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But is a different one

that's a nice one! it has the Mastiff "it" factor, which is rare to find in figures.
congratulations!

Thanks! But yours look far better than mine!!