Holdcroft Majolica Boy on Boat Figure

Victorian, circa 1870. 5.9ins high, 8.7ins wide, 3.6ins depth.

Holdcroft Majolica figure which features a boy seated on a boat with two dolphins in the water below.

The words 'LE BATELIER DE CYTHERE' written on the side of the boat.

Which translated means 'The cythere boatman'.

Colouration: cobalt blue, pink, cream, are predominant.

Bears a pattern number, '442'.

Condition

CONDITION: Good.

Tiny flake to top of base.

KILN EFFECTS: flecks of stray coloured glaze to the boy's leg.

RESTORATION. Filled chip to rim of boat.

Retouched flakes to dolphin's fins

and a small patch to the bottom of the interior of the boat.