Antique Staffordshire pottery trumpet spill vase with musical shepherds

Reference: 6962

Dated: 1820 Staffordshire

A large trumpet shaped spill vase with figures of musical shepherds attending their flock whilst playing on the banks of a stream flanked by two conche shells.
The figure group is very decorative with fine modelling and good enamel colour decoration.
A quality figure. The dog and the cat watching the performance give the figure an extra charm.

Dimensions: 9.00 inch high

Medium: antique staffordshire pearlware figures pottery ceramic

Provenance: Private English Collection

Literature: Myrna Schkolne Book....People,Passions,Pastimes and Pleasures, Staffordshire Figures 1810-35
Ref.Page 243 illustrates a smaller variant of this figure.

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