Staffordshire Pearlware piper with dog&sheep figure

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. 6.7ins high, 3.9ins wide, 2.2ins depth. Staffordshire pearlware bocage figure with a musical theme which features a boy playing a pipe,
with his dog and two sheep beside him, stood on a circular base.



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









Open bottomed.



Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Generally good.

Small flake to dog's nose and base edge.







KILN EFFECTS: kiln soot caught in the glaze to his jacket,





face





and leaves.



RESTORATION: Remodelled end of pipe and one leaf to bocage.







Bocage branch and leaf reglued and join retouched.





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