Staffordshire Pearlware Bocage Romulus and Remus Figure Group

Object Description

Staffordshire Pottery pearlware bocage figure group with a mythological theme. The piece features babies Romulus and Remus with a she-wolf, with birds perched in the tree behind. The scene sits on a shaped base. The piece is titled, ‘ROMULUS & REMUS’ . Decorated mainly to the front. This piece represents part of the Roman myth of Romulus and Remus, twin brothers who were saved and suckled by a she-wolf.

Object Condition

Good. Small chips to a few flowers. RESTORATION. One child’s leg reglued and join retouched. One bird reglued and join retouched. One branch reglued and join retouched. Filled chips to a few leaves of the bocage, but on the whole the bocage is mostly original and intact.

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