Forty-six (46) English and French Lead Hand Painted Revolutionary War and Napoleonic soldier figurines. Twenty-six (26) Charles C. Stadden, England standing figurines, including one (1) British 17th Light Dragoon 1700", one (1) "French Cuirassier Trumpeter 1810", one (1) "French Grenadier 1815", one (1) "35th Foot Royal Sussex", one (1) Fusilier, and more. All with stamped manufacturer's mark underside of bases, twenty (20) with paper labels underside of bases. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" H x 1 1/8" W x 1 3/8" D to 3 1/4" H x 1 3/8" W x 1 1/4" D; five (5) Wilson equestrian figurines, including one (1) "Lancer Trumpeter Grand Duchy of Berg 1812-13", one (1) "16th Regt Dragoons", and three (3) unidentified. All signed back of wooden bases, two (2) with paper labels underside of bases. All figurines mounted to wooden bases. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" H x 4 5/8" W to 2 1/8" D to 4 3/4" H X 4 5/8" W x 3 5/8" D; three (3) Arturo figurines, including one (1) "Dragons 1806" equestrian, one (1) "ESS Italico Grenadier Campagne 1810", and one (1) unidentified. Signed to top of bases, titled to sides of bases. "ESS Italico" with paper label reading "102B" to wooden base. Only the "ESS Italico" figurine is mounted to a wooden base. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" H x 1 3/8" W x 1 1/4" D to 4 1/4" H x 4" W x 1 7/8" D; two (2) Kurt H. Stackhouse standing figurines, including one (1) "France Guides - Hussars of Augerav [sic]; Army of Germany 1797" and one (1) "France Infantry of the line...Company c. 1812". Both signed back of wooden bases, titled and initialed to paper tag underside of bases. Both figurines mounted to wooden bases. Ranging in size from 3 1/2" to 3 3/4" H x 2 1/8" square; two (2) M. Balder, Paris standing figurines, including one (1) "2nd Canadian Rgt. (Congress Own) 1776 (Corporal) Nr 840" and one (1) "Fourth Connecticut Rgt Continental Line (Corporal) -1777- N 841". Both initialed "MB" to top of bases, signed "M. Balder Paris" underside of bases. Both figurines mounted to wooden bases. Both approximately 3 1/8" H x 2" square; seven (7) signed or initialed standing figurines, including one (1) "Rgt. De Soissonais Officer", one (1) "RL-22 Colbert", one (1) "Grenadier a Cheval Tropeter", one (1) "1125 ADC & Murat", one (1) "Cie. Elite Hussards Soldat Campagne", one (1) "6th Dragoons Officer Spain", and one (1) unidentified. All signed top of bases, two (2) titled to side of bases and additionally signed "Gauretta" with numbers underside of bases. Three (3) with paper labels underside of bases. Only the "Grenadier a Cheval Tropeter" figurine is mounted to a wooden base. Ranging in size from 2 3/4" H x 1 1/4" W x 1 1/8" D to 3 7/8" H x 2 1/8" square; one (1) unsigned "Lasset Old Guard" standing figurine. 3" H x 1 5/8" W x 1 3/8" D. All items mid 20th century. Provenance: a Middle Tennessee estate, by descent from Thomas G.B. Wheelock. Note: Thomas G.B. Wheelock was known as an astute collector of African Art and co-author of the book "Land of the Flying Masks: Art & Culture in Burkina Faso". He also inherited a sizeable collection of Asian, British, and military related antiques from his grandparents, Gilded Age tycoon George Briggs Buchanan of New York, and William and Margaret Wheelock, who owned a Scottish manor home known as Bunker Hill. (Margaret Carmichael Wheelock was also a founding partner of the fashion firm Farquharson & Wheelock in New York). See other related lots in this auction. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)

Overall good condition with some minute areas of paint loss, surface grime. One unidentified Wilson figurine with rider separated from saddle. One 5/8" break to "16th Regt Dragoons" figurine.