Pair Staffordshire grandparents with grandchildren figures

Victorian, circa 1860. Tallest is 6.3ins high, 3.5ins wide, 3.1ins depth.

Pair of Staffordshire porcellaneous figures which feature a grandfather and grandmother, each with a child, seated on a shaped base.



Dull gilt base line and embellishment. Flatback, decorated mainly to the front.



Vent hole to underside of one.

Condition

Male: Good. Paint losses to grandfather's hair and his breeches.







Rubbing to gilt.



KILN EFFECTS: firing crack to the reverse of his chair;



small firing pit to grandfather's nose and side of his leg;





flecks of stray coloured cobalt glaze to grandfather.



RESTORATION: Boy's neck reglued and join retouched.



Female: Good. Small chip to underside, at the reverse.



Flakes to base edges.





Abrasion to grandmother's nose.



KILN EFFECTS: tiny glaze pops to grandmother's skirt;



flecks of stray coloured cobalt glaze to grandmother;



kiln soot caught in the glaze to grandmother and reverse of her chair;







small firing hole to underside of girl's skirt.



RESTORATION: Filled chip to corner of base.



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