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 © Eileen Sedgwick 2004

 Smugglers

Five Smugglers come ashore with chests and barrels of contraband. They are keeping a wary eye out for the excise men. They are from the 1700s when the high taxes in

Britain encouraged ordinary folk, especially on the coasts, to try to get around the law.

I made these figures in early 2004, but it took me some time to find a model boat the right sort of size to accommodate them. I finished off the setting for the group in 2006.

The central figure wears a frockcoat and bucket-boots, the others have more modest sailor’s “slops”. Two have tricorne hats.

 I have made their shoes in clay and

 painted on the striped stockings. They are available singly or as a group of five figures, with or without the boat!