Pair Staffordshire Pearlware stag & doe bocage figures

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. Tallest is 4.5ins high, 3.7ins wide, 1.8ins depth. Pair of Staffordshire pearlware bocage figures which feature a stag and doe, recumbent on an oval hollow base. Multi-coloured version. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.







Book reference not found.

Condition

Stag: Generally good.

Small chip to right ear



and a few to bocage at reverse.



Some paint losses to the ground.





KILN EFFECTS: flecks of stray green glaze to the stag;



shrinkage crack to right ear.



RESTORATION: remodelled branch and leaves to bocage. 60% original bocage remains.









Doe: Generally good.

Chip to bocage leaf.



Some small flakes to ears,





front left hoof



and base rim.



Some paint losses to doe.



Slight wear to nose.



KILN EFFECTS: a speck of kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the lower base;



touch mark above tail



and to front left leg;



shrinkage crack to ground below doe.



RESTORATION: remodelled section to bocage (70% original bocage remains);









stabilised and retouched hairlines to front of base.



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