£850
Dated: 1815 Staffordshire England
Staffordshire pottery figure of a Shell Garden with a pearlware glaze and unusual bocage. The piece is very decorative with good attention to detail and enamel color application. The figures of the two birds perched side by side are an amusing whimsical feature. Retains the paper label of Sampson and Horne the London ceramic dealers.
Dimensions: 6.75 inches high
Current Condition: Top of one leaf, crack in one leaf, and small chip at the corner of the base professionally and invisibly restored.
Literature: Myrna Schkolne Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840 Volume 3 figure reference 113.74 published by Schiffer available on Amazon. Note.reference is made that the bocage may represent seaweed a feature which only occurs on a similar styled figure of a child gathering shells re. Volume 4 figures 199.22-25
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Staffordshire pottery figure of a Shell Garden with a pearlware glaze and unusual bocage.
The piece is very decorative with good attention to detail and enamel color application.
The figures of the two birds perched side by side are an amusing whimsical feature. Retains the paper label of Sampson and Horne the London ceramic dealers.
| Dimensions | 6.75 in |
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