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ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC FIGURES, LOT OF FOUR, comprising a spill vase pair depicting a standing sheep and ram with encrusted wool and open tree to back, one example featuring a couple with an urn between them and the woman holding a bundle of sticks on her head, and one example depicting a man holding bagpipes and woman by his side. 19th century. 13 1/2" HOA.
Literature: Parallels the Hardings - Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835-1875, Book Two, couple with sticks p. 134, fig. 2179; Hardings - Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1875-1962, Book Three, sheep p. 175, figs. 4696/4697.
Undamaged, figural groups having moderate crazing and some minor scattered glaze wear/losses. Manufacturing flaws including couple with urn/sticks having a firing separation to base front, as made.
From a New York City estate collection.