Victorian, circa 1860 Pair Staffordshire black and white seated spaniels with front legs molded free. Old, dull gilt collars, lockets and chains. Vent hole to reverses and  More »

Victorian, circa 1860 Pair Staffordshire black and white seated spaniels with front legs molded free. Old, dull gilt collars, lockets and chains. Vent hole to reverses and bases. Good. No hairlines. No chips. Gilt rubbed. Right facing: Kiln effect: Heavy crazing. Repaired crack to reverse. Retouching to eyes and mouth. Left facing: No cracks. Kiln effect: Heavy, stained crazing. Retouching to eyes. 10.25ins high   « Less

Victorian, circa 1860 Pair Staffordshire figures of a seated lady and gentleman, the lady has a young girl sat on her lap with a black cat on the ground below, and the  More »

Victorian, circa 1860 Pair Staffordshire figures of a seated lady and gentleman, the lady has a young girl sat on her lap with a black cat on the ground below, and the gentleman has a young girl standing beside him with a black and white spaniel on the ground below. Well modeled with free molded children, pets, and arms and legs. Old dull mercurial gilt decoration and base lines. Good creamy glaze. Vent hole to bases. Generally good. Gilt slightly rubbed. Gent: Minor chip to reverse of the girl''s dress. Hairline to reverse. Minor paint loss to his shoe. Kiln effects: shrinkage crack underneath both his legs. Repair to his neck. Repaired firing crack to underside of base. Lady: Hairline to the reverse. Kiln effects: two shrinkage cracks to underside of base. Pieces of kiln dirt caught inside causing the piece to rattle. Repair to her neck. Repaired crack to top of base. Restoration of her left hand. Restoration of the cat, which has been completely remodeled. 7.25ins high   « Less

Victorian, circa 1860 Small Pair Staffordshire figures of the Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on horseback. Three legs of horse are molded free. Old, dull gilt decoration  More »

Victorian, circa 1860 Small Pair Staffordshire figures of the Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on horseback. Three legs of horse are molded free. Old, dull gilt decoration and base line. Bright colorful enamels. Decorated all round. Small vent hole to base. Good. Some rubbing to gilt. Albert: A few paint losses to horse''s tail. Kiln effects: piece of kiln grit to tail; firing pit to horse''s rump. Repair to Albert''s neck and shoulders where his head has been off. Restoration of the horse''s front left leg. Retouching to boot. Victoria: No restoration. Small chip to the horse''s hind left hoof. A few paint losses to saddle and mane. Kiln effects: shrinkage crack to her neck; some staining to reverse. 7ins high   « Less

Victorian, circa 1892 Staffordshire figure of Tam O''Shanter and his friend Souter Johnnie, based on a poem by Robert Burns. The two men are seated either side of a barrel,  More »

Victorian, circa 1892 Staffordshire figure of Tam O''Shanter and his friend Souter Johnnie, based on a poem by Robert Burns. The two men are seated either side of a barrel, Tam holding a cup and Souter a pitcher. Bright gilt decoration, base line and title ''TAM.O.SHANTER.&.SOOTER.JOHNNY''. Vent hole to reverse. Maker''s mark inscribed to underside ''Sampson Smith Longton Staff England 1892''. Similar piece illustrated figure 976, page 271, Schiffer''s ''Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875'' Book 1, by A.& N. Harding. Good. No cracks. No hairlines. No chips. Rubbing to gilt. Kiln effect: small shrinkage crack to crook of Tam''s elbow. Repair to Tam''s right hand. Retouching to the ground, barrel, Tam''s waistcoat and Johnnie''s hat. 13ins high   « Less

Early 20thC Pair Staffordshire recumbent lions with orange glass eyes. All round molding and decoration. Bright gilt decoration. Slip cast molding. Painted gilt mark to  More »

Early 20thC Pair Staffordshire recumbent lions with orange glass eyes. All round molding and decoration. Bright gilt decoration. Slip cast molding. Painted gilt mark to underside. Generally good. Rubbing to gilt. Right facing: Flake to nose, muzzle and left ear. Shallow chip with associated firing crack to lower base edge at front. Replacement glass eyes. Left facing: Flakes to mane, left ear and right leg. Kiln effect: shrinkage line to the lion''s back. Replacement glass eyes. 9.5ins high, 11ins wide   « Less

Victorian, circa 1860 Staffordshire cow creamer, molded as a milkmaid standing behind a cow. Hole in milkmaid''s hat where cream would be poured in and hole in cow''s mouth  More »

Victorian, circa 1860 Staffordshire cow creamer, molded as a milkmaid standing behind a cow. Hole in milkmaid''s hat where cream would be poured in and hole in cow''s mouth where it would be poured out. Dull gilt decoration. Similar piece illustrated figure 2319, page 161, Schiffer''s ''Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875'' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding. Generally good. No chips. Gilt rubbed. Kiln effects: two shrinkage lines to cow''s neck; shrinkage crack by maid''s left leg and another to underside; touch mark to front of base; stained crazing to cow''s belly and ground. Old restoration to cow''s mouth, ears and horns. Repaired shrinkage crack to underside of base at reverse. Retouching to maid''s hat, eyes, shoes, hair and cow''s markings. 7.5ins high, 9ins wide   « Less

Pre-Victorian, circa 1820 Early Staffordshire titled bocage figure of Elijah, feeding bread to ravens. Elijah is modeled sitting on a naturalistic base in front of a bocage  More »

Pre-Victorian, circa 1820 Early Staffordshire titled bocage figure of Elijah, feeding bread to ravens. Elijah is modeled sitting on a naturalistic base in front of a bocage tree. One raven is perched on his right shoulder, another is perched by his side. Stream running below. Decorated all round. Good creamy glaze with blue tinge, and a vent hole inside the base. Generally good. No hairlines. Two minor chips to the underside. No paint losses. Kiln effects: a few shrinkage cracks inside the base. Kiln grit to reverse of base. Restored chips to the bocage. One section of bocage missing to his left. Trunk restored. One retouched flower. Elijah''s arms restored. Lower raven restored. Upper raven retouched. Small restored chips to lower base edge. 9.75ins high   « Less

Victorian, circa 1860 Large Staffordshire figure of a hunter holding game in his left hand, with more game draped over his right arm and hanging by his side. A gun lies at  More »

Victorian, circa 1860 Large Staffordshire figure of a hunter holding game in his left hand, with more game draped over his right arm and hanging by his side. A gun lies at his feet and a russet and white dog sits by his side. Dull gilt decoration and base line. Similar piece illustrated figure 1825, page 57, Schiffer''s ''Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875'' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding. Fair. No hairlines. No chips. Some paint losses to the ground, gun, game, scarf and hat feather. Some rubbing to gilt. Kiln effects: craze line to the underside; overall crazing; a few touch marks to the game in hunter''s left hand. Restoration of the dog''s free molded leg. Repair around the base of the dog and onto the reverse. 15.75ins high   « Less

Victorian, circa 1890 Pair Staffordshire recumbent lions on naturalistic bases. Orange bodies with black muzzles. Glass eyes. Bright gilt decoration to manes and bases. Vent  More »

Victorian, circa 1890 Pair Staffordshire recumbent lions on naturalistic bases. Orange bodies with black muzzles. Glass eyes. Bright gilt decoration to manes and bases. Vent hole to reverses and underside. Similar pair illustrated on page 124, Schiffer''s ''Staffordshire Animals'' by Adele Kenny. Generally good. No restoration. Slight rubbing to gilt. Right facing: Flake to nose. Two hairlines, both to underside of base, one runs up left side of base. Kiln effect: touch mark with associated flaking to reverse of lower base edge. Left facing: Flaking to nose, above right eye, hind leg and underside. Chip to reverse of lower base edge and another to underside. 10ins high, 12.5ins wide   « Less

Victorian, circa 1860 Staffordshire Disraeli spaniel, with one front leg molded free. Yellow eyes with black pupils, eyelines and eyebrows. Disraeli curls on forehead. Dull  More »

Victorian, circa 1860 Staffordshire Disraeli spaniel, with one front leg molded free. Yellow eyes with black pupils, eyelines and eyebrows. Disraeli curls on forehead. Dull gilt collar, locket and chain. Vent hole to reverse. Generally good. No hairlines. No chips. Very slight rubbing to gilt. Slight wear to spaniel''s back. Kiln effects: some black glaze smudged to spaniel''s face; overall crazing. Repaired crack to top of left front leg (runs round to reverse). Retouching to paint losses to right pupil, paws and a flake to the tail. 10.5ins high   « Less