Victorian, circa 1870 Pair Staffordshire spill vases modeled as a brown horse standing over a stream with a foal standing below. Legs molded free. Pale pink spill interior. Shredded clay decoration to the ground. Similar pair illustrated (with foals recumbent) figure a2990A/a2990B page 255, Schiffer''s ''Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875'' Book 3, by A.& N. Harding. Right facing: Good. A few small paint losses to base front. Kiln effect: shrinkage crack to underside. Repair to spill. Left facing: Generally good. Some paint losses to base front, ground and left ear of horse. Kiln effects: few shrinkage lines to underside; firing pit to horse''s face. Repair to spill with retouched paint losses. Restored bruise to front left leg of horse. 12.25ins high

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