theBaron
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Hi, all,
I've just become aware of a maker named Robert Holler, who sold castings as "Robert Holler Miniatures". I found them on eBay, among the auctions of one of my regular toy soldier dealers.
Holler apparently made 54mm kits of subjects from the Revolutionary War. I won an auction for 3 of these, an Anspach-Bayreuth grenadier:
From the packaging, I suspect that he was or is a hobbyist who made to move to producing his own kits for sale. The painting guide is a photocopy of a John Mollo image of the Anspach grenadier from "Uniforms of the American Revolution".
A Google search turned up one other image, of a trio of Hessian Jäger, each in a different pose.
Here is another look at the Anspach-Bayreuth grenadier kit:
From the look of this kit, and the Hessians, I suspect that Holler took existing manufacturers' figures, modified them to make new masters, then sold the castings. This particular casting is nearly identical to these Rose figures:
which represent an Anhalt grenadier from either the Seven Years War or the Revolutionary War. The figure on the left is itself a copy of the original Rose figure, with "Lotus" etched into the underside of the base.
I sent the seller a PM with this same question, and he agreed generally with this description of Holler's figures.
I found no reference for him in Garratt's "World Encyclopedia", which makes me think that he was active in the mid- to late 90's, up through the present.
I thought I'd put the question to the forum and see if anyone else had ever heard of Holler.
Thanks in advance for any additional info, prosit!
Brad
I've just become aware of a maker named Robert Holler, who sold castings as "Robert Holler Miniatures". I found them on eBay, among the auctions of one of my regular toy soldier dealers.
Holler apparently made 54mm kits of subjects from the Revolutionary War. I won an auction for 3 of these, an Anspach-Bayreuth grenadier:
From the packaging, I suspect that he was or is a hobbyist who made to move to producing his own kits for sale. The painting guide is a photocopy of a John Mollo image of the Anspach grenadier from "Uniforms of the American Revolution".
A Google search turned up one other image, of a trio of Hessian Jäger, each in a different pose.
Here is another look at the Anspach-Bayreuth grenadier kit:
From the look of this kit, and the Hessians, I suspect that Holler took existing manufacturers' figures, modified them to make new masters, then sold the castings. This particular casting is nearly identical to these Rose figures:
which represent an Anhalt grenadier from either the Seven Years War or the Revolutionary War. The figure on the left is itself a copy of the original Rose figure, with "Lotus" etched into the underside of the base.
I sent the seller a PM with this same question, and he agreed generally with this description of Holler's figures.
I found no reference for him in Garratt's "World Encyclopedia", which makes me think that he was active in the mid- to late 90's, up through the present.
I thought I'd put the question to the forum and see if anyone else had ever heard of Holler.
Thanks in advance for any additional info, prosit!
Brad
