Staffordshire pottery leaping stag & hound spill vase

Victorian, circa 1880. 11.4ins high, 9.4ins wide, 2.6ins depth. Staffordshire spill vase with a hunting theme which features a hound pursuing a stag, stood on an oblong base. Multi-coloured version. Bright gilt base line and embellishment.

Flatback, decorated mainly to the front. Maker's marks painted to the underside.

Book reference ,'Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding, page 243, figure 2916.

Condition

CONDITION: Good. No restoration. Shallow chips to the lower base edge.

A few paint losses to stag and hound.

Some rubbing to gilt.

KILN EFFECTS: two shrinkage cracks to the floral decoration and one to the underside of base;

a piece of kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the front of the base;

touch mark to the dog's side.

 

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