Staffordshire Giraffe with Keeper Spill Vase

Victorian, circa 1860. 10ins high, 5.7ins wide, 2.8ins depth. Staffordshire Pottery spill vase which features a giraffe and its keeper, stood on a shaped base.

Dull gilt embellishment. Flatback, decorated mainly to the front.

Book reference ,'Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding, page 253, figure 2977.

Condition

CONDITION: Good.

A few paint losses.

Slight rubbing to gilt.

KILN EFFECTS: touch marks to the reverse.

RESTORATION. Retouched paint losses to ground.

Filled chip to rim of the spill vase.

Overpainting to underside of base.

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