Large Holdcroft Majolica Stork Stick Stand

Victorian, circa 1870. 32.7ins high, 17.7ins wide, 12.6ins depth. Holdcroft Majolica stick or umbrella stand which features a stork stood besides bulrushes with a snake wrapped around it's beak.





Colouration: green, white, brown, are predominant.







Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Generally good. KILN EFFECTS: notable crazing;







shrinkage crack to the rim.



RESTORATION: Tail feathers and tip of bulrush leaf reglued and joins retouched.







Stabilised and retouched cracks to base.







Filled chips to tail feathers.



Stabilised and retouched hairline to left ankle.



Filled chips to some leaves to ground.








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