S e c r e t s

This feline preens himself in a bowl decorated with the elegant “Willow Pattern,” first used by the Spode factory in Staffordshire, England. David remembers looking at the pattern on the plates as a young boy and wondering about the people featured in the patterns. Who were those people on the bridge? Had the fisherman ever caught anything? He has adapted the pattern for this HK piece: the figures on the bridge are the four Lawrences and the fisherman has at last caught his fish. The church is based on the “Cathedral of the Moors,” located in David’s village. On the interior are a few willow leaves labeled “English Hurdle.” When willow is cut as a long, thin switch, it can be woven into a kind of fence known as a “hurdle.” An aspirin also appears because it is made from an extract of willow bark. This is the 117th piece David Lawrence has carved for Harmony Kingdom. His signature acorn appears under the cat's tail to the left of the mouse.