Staffordshire double spillvase depicting a scene from "Babes in the Wood", a folk tale in Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry. Overall very good condition, 6 1/2 inches, circa 1870.
Girl holds a garland of flowers and boy has a basket of flowers. I'd watch out for the bees if I were them! Some flaking of overglaze colors and minor loss of bocage. Otherwise very good condition. 7.25 inches high, c.1870.
A diminutive Staffordshire porcelain King Charles Spaniel. This figurine appears on page 97, color plate 152 in "Dogs in English Porcelain of the 19th Century" by Dennis Rice. Overall good condition with minor paint loss and some small firing cracks. Chips on base edge. Impressed letter "J" on bottom. Overall height 2.75". Circa 1840.
Set of ten Coalport Soup Bowls. A tea service with this pattern appears in Geoffrey Godden's "An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain" on page 96, plate #164. Like the tea service, the soup bowls are unmarked, but attributable to Coalport by the pattern. Godden gives the pattern number as 629. The soup bowls are in overall good condition for age, with some wear to the gilt and overglaze color. There are no chips or cracks. 10.25" diameter. Circa 1810-1815. ...click for details
A rare child's Polychrome Porcelain tea set, in the "Poonah" pattern by George, Frederick Bowers, Staffordshire 1842-1868. Printed "Staffordshire Knot" mark with maker's initals and pattern name. Very rare to find a complete set. Small chip in teapot rim, one teacup saucer and teacup handle repaired, and hairline crack on one cake plate. Very good condition for age, height of teapot 4.5", circa 1850.
Diminutive Staffordshire Porcelain dog, possibly a Terrier. Old "Oliver-Sutton" tag, very small chip in ear, otherwise excellent condition. 3" high, circa 1850.
Rectangular, hand decorated Davenport Porcelain bowl with gilt highlights. Printed Davenport anchor mark. Some wear to gold on border, overall excellent condition. 9.5" wide, 7.5" high, 1.5" deep, circa 1830.
