Intermediate duck colours - 1959

This style of duck is somewhat of an anomaly, having the style and finish of the Early ones, yet two colours found only in the Later ones, those being Arctic Blue & Ocean Green. This led to the "Intermediate" name and the term is now commonly used. The research by Patrick Hogan and Julian Knowles in early 2007, at the Museum of London Archives, unearthed valuable information about duck production. Notably, the workbook of Ronnie Wilkinson for the Christmas to New Year week of 1958 shows an entry reading "Samples, New Colour, Duck s/s", with ditto marks beneath. Although that colour could have been Arctic Blue or Ocean Green, it is clear it was something new. Again I am focusing on colours here.

Here is our collection of Intermediate ducks, showing all six colours.

From Left to Right we have Arctic Blue (two, small), Ocean Green (small), Flint (large), Amber & Ruby in both sizes, and Twilight (two, large). Particularly with the large size ducks, they bear a striking resemblance to the Early ducks here - Early ducks  and as with those, the Large size are 7" and the Small are 5.5". The Intermediate ducks are also a single solid colour, except for Ruby which has a Flint Beak & Foot.

There is a summary of all sizes and colours here - Duck colours

Ducks in transit - double-boxed

Ducks, we covet them, those with labels a little more, but have you ever wondered how they arrived in the shop?

I obtained this duck and box many years ago and had never seen one before, nor another one since.

The box says Duck S/S to indicate Small size, although very faded. This is a small size 5.5", in Arctic Blue, with factory label dating it to no later than 1963 approximately.