A Royal Crown Derby fine bone china paperweight from the Miniature Bear Collection, depicting a seated polar bear with a cub nestled against its side, commonly known as Daddy and George. The figurine is decorated in a stylized Imari palette featuring iron red and cobalt blue enamels with extensive 22ct gold highlighting. The white porcelain body is further accented with small gold v-shaped marks representing fur. The base features red printed marks for Royal Crown Derby, copyright 2000, and Made in England. It also carries the gold Roman numeral MM date code for the year 2000 and a hand-painted red letter D. The figurine is housed in its original blue and gold presentation box marked Royal Crown Derby English Fine Bone China.
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