Staffordshire Pottery Rabbit figure - lop eared

Victorian, circa 1870. 5.7ins high, 4.6ins wide, 2.2ins depth.

Staffordshire Pottery figure which features a long eared black and white rabbit, seated on an oval base.

Dull gilt base line. Flatback, decorated only to the front.

Book reference ,'Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875' Book 3, by A.& N. Harding, page 275, figure a3070.

Condition

Good. Tiny flake to rabbit's left ear.

Slight abrasion to nose.

Gilt almost entirely rubbed away.

KILN EFFECTS: small firing hole to ground between rabbit's front paws;

shrinkage line along the mold join to rabbit's back;

small over glazed chip to the rabbit's left ear.

RESTORATION: Filled chips to rabbit's right ear.

Retouched bruise to rabbit's left ear.

Minor retouched paint loss to markings and ground.