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Victorian, circa 1880 Holdcroft Majolica compote molded in the form of a putto merman/mermaid, seated on a bed of seaweed, supporting a large brown scallop shell above its head. Circular base with brown shell surround. Pink interior. Gray underside with three stilt marks. Generally good. No cracks. No hairlines. A flake to one shell on the base, and some small flakes to rim. Some wear to interior. Kiln effects: glaze pops to underside of large shell; some staining to putto body and face; glaze run down back from hair; some stray blue glaze spots and a glaze miss to shell interior. Repair to where the shell joins the stand, and to the smaller shell on top of the putto''s head. Restored rim chips. 7.5ins high
Antique Porcelain & Pottery
Antique Compotes
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