Wood Staffordshire Pearlware 'Rural Pastime' group

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. 7.9ins high, 4.9ins wide, 3.7ins depth. Ralph Wood Staffordshire pearlware bocage group with a musical theme
which features couple next to a stream reading and playing music, seated on a square base.





Multi-coloured version. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.





Vent hole to the underside.



Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Generally good. Chipped and missing leaves to bocage.







Small flake to his left shoe and base.





KILN EFFECTS: flecks of stray coloured glaze to his face;



craze lines to her bonnet.



RESTORATION: Retouched chipped leaves to the front of the bocage (70% original bocage remains).





Filled chip to his left knee.



His right arm, hand and stick remodelled.





Stabilised and retouched hairline to the top of the base.




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