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Offline Sinann

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Re: Any ideas of age and origin please?
« Reply #36 on: Wednesday 08 May 13 11:35 BST (UK) »
I visited my friend yesterday but forgot my camera so had to use my phone which isn't great for photos, as you can see my memory didn't serve me correctly he has the 'helmet' and belt but his feet are tucked under him, (I should have got a photo of them, sorry) he's about 6 and a half inches high.
The colour of these photo isn't great the sun was very bright, he's quite dark wood.

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Re: Any ideas of age and origin please?
« Reply #37 on: Wednesday 08 May 13 12:41 BST (UK) »
How interesting.  They are remarkably similar apart from the position of the feet.

Yours is bigger I think, Sinann, as GS's looks as though it is just over 3 inches tall.
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Re: Any ideas of age and origin please?
« Reply #38 on: Wednesday 08 May 13 19:12 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that sinann - yes, they are similar.  Mine has the legs bent at the knee and the feet together, whereas with yours the legs are crossed, and as Maggie says, mine is a lot smaller than that one and the wood is paler.  Thank you so much for posting.

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Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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