The Wooster Papers

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the black amber statuette✦︎

Also statuette, the thing, the object, amber statuette, the eyesore, black amber statuette, the statuette, the figurine

The small black amber figure Sir Watkyn bought from Plank for five pounds, thought worth a thousand; Stiffy, Aunt Dahlia and Spode all have designs on it, and Bertie is arrested for its theft.

In each book 3 books
  • In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
    The small black amber figure Sir Watkyn bought from Plank for five pounds, thought worth a thousand; Stiffy, Aunt Dahlia and Spode all have designs on it, and Bertie is arrested for its theft.
  • In Much Obliged, Jeeves
    Sir Watkyn's amber statuette, worth a thousand pounds, which Spode says Bertie stole at Totleigh.
  • In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
    Sir Watkyn's valuable statuette, which Cook believes Bertie stole and tried to sell to Plank.

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Scenes it is in

  1. At a sombre dinner Bertie admires Sir Watkyn's new black amber statuette, bought from Plank and worth a thousand pounds, offends him by calling it soapstone, and slips off to his room afterwards.Chapters 6–7, the Totleigh dining-room, as the table’s centrepiece
  2. Jeeves tells Bertie the statuette has been locked in Sir Watkyn's collection room on Spode's advice, but Stiffy, who has a key, fetches it out and sends it back to Bertie to take to Plank after lunch.Chapter 10, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as the thing
  3. Plank, a Rugger-mad explorer, takes Bertie for a Daily Express reporter, and when Bertie produces the statuette and asks for five pounds he threatens to call the police, just as Jeeves comes in through the french window.Chapters 10–11, Plank's house, as the eyesore
  4. At Bertie's car Jeeves explains that Sir Watkyn told Stiffy he really paid Plank a thousand pounds and lied to Uncle Tom to annoy him, briefs Bertie on Plank, and takes the statuette himself in case Spode searches Bertie.Chapter 11, Plank's house, as statuette
  5. Back in the drawing-room Bertie ponders how to approach Pop Bassett about the statuette when Spode comes in.Chapters 17–22, the Totleigh drawing-room, as statuette
  6. Spode, Sir Watkyn and Plank denounce Bertie as a thief, Madeline drops him and accepts Spode, and when Bertie sneezes behind the sofa Sir Watkyn sends for Constable Oates and promises him twenty-eight days.Chapter 23, Totleigh Towers, as that little thingummy

Talked about, but not there

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 9 scenes
  1. Aunt Dahlia phones to explain she invited Bassett to take Uncle Tom's mind off taxes, mentions the black amber statuette and invites herself to lunch, and Bertie defies Jeeves by wearing his new Alpine hat to the Ritz.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat
  2. Creeping through the dark hall, Bertie collides with Gussie, knocks over Sir Watkyn's precious grandfather clock, is caught by Sir Watkyn in his purple dressing-gown, and the two are driven on to a chest by Bartholomew until Stiffy appears.Chapters 8–9, the hall, as little black statuette thing
  3. After Emerald Stoker's excellent lunch Bertie, going to his car, calls Stiffy a female Upas tree, and Jeeves suggests asking at the post office where Plank lives.Chapter 10, Totleigh Towers, as this blasted eyesore
  4. Bertie drives into the Totleigh stable yard and Spode orders him out of the car so he can search it.Chapters 11–12, the stable yard, as amber statuette
  5. Over Anatole's lunch Bertie cheers Uncle Tom with the news that Pop Bassett's statuette was no bargain, and drives back hoping Gussie can eat meat in London unseen.Chapter 13, Brinkley Court, as black amber statuette thing
  6. Jeeves reports that a boy egged Sir Watkyn and Stiffy's dog bit Gussie at the school treat; Gussie goes off to walk with Emerald Stoker, Stinker's vicarage is in doubt, and Spode bursts in.Chapters 13–14, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as the what-not
  7. On the telephone Aunt Dahlia, delighted that Emerald has taken over as cook while Anatole is ill, asks Bertie to buy Pop Bassett's black amber statuette for Uncle Tom with her legacy.Chapter 17, Totleigh Towers, as black amber thing
  8. Blocked from the window by Bartholomew, Bertie hides under the sofa and hears Spode declare his love to Madeline and denounce Bertie as a thief after the statuette, then go to fetch Sir Watkyn.Chapters 22–23, Totleigh Towers, as that black amber statuette of your father’s
  9. Stiffy visits Bertie's cell and offers to confess to taking the statuette, Bertie refuses to let her, and Oates returns glumly to say Sir Watkyn has dropped the charge.Chapter 24, the police station, as that statuette thing
Much Obliged, Jeeves 2 scenes
  1. Bertie begs Jeeves to tone down his Totleigh report, Jeeves refuses because of the committee's rules, they quarrel over the danger of blackmail and the drunken Bingley, until Aunt Dahlia telephones.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, as amber statuette
  2. Outside the French window Bertie overhears Spode, now Lord Sidcup, tell the camera chap that Wooster is a thief, and the camera chap vows the stiffest sentence if Bertie touches the silver he has brought to sell Uncle Tom.Chapter 5, the Brinkley drawing-room, as An amber statuette
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 1 scene
  1. Pop Cook, told by the recovered Major Plank that Bertie is the crook Alpine Joe, finds Vanessa's inscribed book and goes for Bertie with his hunting crop, until he trips over the grandfather clock and Bertie crowns him with a painting and wraps him in the tablecloth before leaving for the Goose and Grasshopper.Chapter 15, the sitting-room, as a valuable statuette