Pair of Staffordshire Pottery pearlware bocage figures with a childhood theme which feature a child in front of a bocage tree, holding a basket of flowers, seated on a rectangular base. Painted base line. Decorated ‘in the round’ – decoration to front and reverse. Vent hole to the underside. Maker’s marks to the underside.
Right facing: Generally good. Tiny chip to headdress. Flake to underside base edge and a few tiny flakes to bocage leaves. A few paint loss to base line at reverse. KILN EFFECTS: flecks of stray coloured glaze to the base corner and left hand. RESTORATION. A few retouched chips to bocage, which is mostly in good original condition. Retouched chip to base front. Girls head and bocage trunk reglued and joins retouched. Left facing: Good. No restoration. Flakes to underside base edge and a few small flakes to bocage leaves. KILN EFFECTS: kiln soot caught in the glaze; touch mark to chest; a few specks of kiln detritus caught in the glaze.
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