Staffordshire Pearlware Spring figure

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. 10ins high, 4.3ins wide, 3.5ins depth.

Staffordshire pearlware figure which features a lady wrapped in a shawl, holding a cornucopia of flowers, stood on a square base.



Multi-coloured version. Painted base line.

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



Vent holes to the underside.



This piece represents Spring, one of a group of four figures representing the seasons.

Book reference,'English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840' by Pat Halfpenny, page 144, figure 34.

Condition

Good. Small flake to cornucopia to reverse.



A few paint losses to ground.



KILN EFFECTS: shrinkage line down her left side and to lower part of right side.




RESTORATION: Filled chips and retouched flakes to base,













hair,





cornucopia and shawl.







Retouched paint losses to ground.





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