British Foot Artillery and French Light Infantry
Toy Soldiers
2001-2004 (manufactured)
2001-2004 (manufactured)
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These ten figures are sculpted with accurate representations of British and French military uniforms of the early 19th-century. Dominic Wilcox used model soldiers just like these to make his War Bowls (see B.12-2024). The figures were gently heated inside a wok placed in a custom-built oven until they melted together but were still discernably individual soldiers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 10 parts.
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| Title | British Foot Artillery and French Light Infantry (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Injection moulded plastic (probably low-density polyethylene) |
| Brief description | Toy soldiers, British Foot Artillery and French Light Infantry, A Call to Arms, 2001-2004 (examples of toy soldier figures used by Dominic Wilcox to make the War Bowl B.12-2024) |
| Physical description | Ten 1/32 scale model soldiers moulded from steel blue plastic. The models have been sculpted in great detail, with uniforms appropriate to British and French soldiers at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Dominic Wilcox |
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| Summary | These ten figures are sculpted with accurate representations of British and French military uniforms of the early 19th-century. Dominic Wilcox used model soldiers just like these to make his War Bowls (see B.12-2024). The figures were gently heated inside a wok placed in a custom-built oven until they melted together but were still discernably individual soldiers. |
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| Accession number | B.13:1 to 10-2024 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2024 |
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