King
  80mm (3") high x 85mm (3.25") wide

The Feast of Fools, in earlier times, formed part of the darker midwinter celebrations of Saturnalia and took place on the Feast days of St. Stephen, St. John and the Holy Innocents (26 - 28 December). During this small time the world was turned upside down: the poor were given licence to play their Master's parts, ruling the roost, aping their standing and character, taking their power, while their masters in turn became the servants. The boy-bishop was crowned in church, old shoes burned as incense, the services degenerated into howling and braying.
For the king it was a chance to come off his throne and take down his favourite fiddle - the kingdom was safe in Grimalkin's hands for a day or two (after all he did pay his wages): let the fellows have their fun -for tomorrow is another day!
(For some reason this reminds me of the anecdote concerning the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who was discovered by his hostess, one evening, to be somewhat inebriated:
'Mister Churchill you are drunk', she exclaimed.
'And you, Madame are ugly - but in the morning I shall be sober!').

These castings are designed, sculpted and manufactured in England, using resin-bonded marble, bronze and Cotswold stone. Modern moulding techniques faithfully reproduce the intricate and painstaking work of the sculptor whilst giving the appearance of real carved stone or sculpted terracotta. The resin sculptures are weatherproof, the plaques having a hole drilled in the back for easy hanging