How lovely!!
They would be worth buying a lighted case for!

I agree...lighted case...make it big enough to add to the collection also. If you are in earthquake country, you might also think about using museum wax to keep them safe. Congratulations!!!

I have a few Royal Doulton ladies that my mother gave me. I have them in my china cabinet in the DR. I have a few other crystal vases and other figurines and I have them displayed amongst my china plates, cups and saucers.

I like displaying the few Royal Doulton "ladies" that I own in small vignettes and in my dining room tablesettings for special occasions, especially when I do pink (which I have the most of), in that case I like to use them in Spring, Summer, Christmas (when I do my Pink tree) and if I am doing a tea party. The red dressed ladies look beautiful in a Christmas or Valentines day tablesetting.

this is an example in the Pinks

Below...these white porcelian are not RD ladies, but some cheapies I bought at Marshalls.

Sorry Cat, but they are NOT old lady. lol. I have the RD "Pretty Ladies", and they are just gorgeous in my lighted and mirrored curio cabinet. I love figurines, they are classic and timeless.

I also have other glass items and special things in there that won't get broken or dusty.

I think one or two in vignettes are fine, but I don't just love a lighted case of them alone. I think they're a bit on the granny side, and hard to work into anything but a chintz-filled parlour.

judithva----your tablescapes are always so breathtaking!

I'm with ideefixe and cattknap-figurines in a lighted cabinet seem very 'old lady' to me (and I am close to being one-lol-but wouldn't choose to display that way). I would do as they said and place one or two in different rooms with other things on a table or dresser. My mother had several that she had scattered around like that (I guess we just aren't "lighted curio cabinet" people) and they were rather charming. Judith's idea for tabletops (and hers are lovely, btw) would be nice for a luncheon or shower.

I would say lighted, no; displayed together, yes.

Sometimes the number of items is what makes them interesting, so lined up or displayed on one tabletop could look fine.

Of course I adhere to a rule that while one of something may not be so great a dozen or a hundred can be awesome. (But then again, I liked the pug apartment, I have sixty+ candlesticks on one chest, and a couple other collections that are 1-2 dozen plus, and don't think that they are old lady at all.)

Try something interesting like having them walking runway style down the dining room table.

Judith - as always your taste and artist's eye are a delight and example to us all.

I disagree that lots of figurines together always makes for more impact - often it is when you feature out one or two items at a time that you begin to notice the individual beauty and detail of each piece - you lose that detail when things are massed together.

I have seen massed item displays that work - but objects as busy and detailed as Doulton figurines are really best suited alone or in pairs....just my opinion.

I have mine on the top two shelves, and they're mixed with other glassware, ect, so the mirror really sets the glass off.

My curio is also sitting on a dark wood floor and stands alone like a Grandfather Clock.

But..I was born old, when I was little my grandfather had one in his house and I was always drawn to it. He had an antique monkey with symbols he'd get out for me.

On my bottom shelf I have little stuffed animals for my grandkids so they'll think they're special too. :)

Remember, other things besides figurines can go in a curio to really make it unique.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Judith, those centerpieces blew me away! I think at my next ladies bookclub luncheon I will put one at each place setting! We are usually 6 to 7 women who meet to discuss our latest bookclub selection. I do like the idea of placing them in pairs around the LR and DR. That idea really validated what I thought I might do. This is the greatest forum!

I live in an appartment and recently started a collection of my own. I display no more than one at the time on the cabinet in my dining room beside a lamp. I just change them depending on my mood. I get a lot of compliments on them, and I think it is better for the environment, instead of buying new things. I think they are classic and timeless.

I just inherited Dalton Figurines and I am not a collector I finally put in this cabinet which I hate as we downsized and it really does not work in our new place Today was trying to decide on a new buffet sideboard that is smaller and kept wondering where to put the figurines if I get a new one Here is a picture

hope it worked

i was going to get rid of them but then felt back as they have been in family for a long time