Staffordshire Pottery Pearlware 'Hope' figure

pre-Victorian, circa 1820. 7.3ins high, 2.6ins wide, 3ins depth. Staffordshire Pottery figure which features Hope, stood on a square hollow base. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.

Vent hole to the underside.

Book reference ,'English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840' by Pat Halfpenny, page 155

Condition

CONDITION: Generally good. Minor chips to base edge and underside.

Some small, minor flakes to base edge.

A few paint losses to the sleeves.

KILN EFFECTS: a few specks of kiln detritus caught in the glaze her dress and base.

RESTORATION. Back of the anchor remodelled.

Retouched flake to her nose.

 

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