Staffordshire Pearlware boy, dog & nest bocage figure

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. 5.9ins high, 3.5ins wide, 3.1ins depth. Staffordshire pearlware bocage figure with a pastoral theme which features a boy
holding a bird's nest full of eggs, his dog sitting beside him, seated on a square hollow base.



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







Vent hole to the underside.



Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Generally good.

A few tiny flakes to the lower and upper base edges.











RESTORATION: filled chips to the bocage (80% is still original) and lower base edge;





retouched paint losses to hat,





jacket,





shoes



and ground;



stabilised and retouched hairline to side of base;







retouched flakes around the base edges.







Go to the Top of this page