Pair Staffordshire Pearlware Jupiter & Juno figures

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. Tallest is 6.4ins high, 3.3ins wide, 2.4ins depth. Pair of Staffordshire Pottery pearlware figures with a mythological theme which feature Jupiter with the eagle and Juno with a peacock, stood on a square base.

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

Book reference ,'English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840' by Pat Halfpenny, page 208.

Condition

Jupiter: Generally good. Small chip to base side.

Some small flakes to the eagle.

A few paint losses to cloak.

Slight wear and a tiny flake to base edges.

RESTORATION: remodelled tips to lightning in both hands;

head reglued and join retouched;

retouched paint losses to crown.

Juno: Generally good. Some paint losses to clothing and peacock.

KILN EFFECT: small firing hole to base corner.

RESTORATION: remodelled scepter and left hand;

retouched flakes to nose,

headdress at reverse,

crown and robe hem;

retouched paint losses to peacock and base line.

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