Pair Staffordshire stag & hound spill vases

Victorian, circa 1860. 11.5ins high. Staffordshire spill vases each modeled as a black and white hound pursuing a stag. Naturalistically molded green and brown bases with floral decoration. Spill vase in the form of a tree with shredded clay decoration.

Dull gilt base line and around spill rim.











Similar piece illustrated figure 2915/2916, page 243, Schiffer's 'Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding.

Condition

Good.

Some rubbing to gilt.





Right facing: Minor paint loss to the flower.



Kiln effect: small touch mark to base front.



Repaired crack to stag's hind legs and front left ankle.





Repaired mold line crack over stag's face and chest.





Left facing: Minor paint loss to the flower.



Slight fading of the black enamel.



Kiln effects: shrinkage crack on one side of the tree;



shrinkage line to reverse of stag.



Repaired crack to underside and another along lower base edge at reverse.







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