STAFFORDSHIRE SPILL VASE FLATBACK GROUP - BURNS & MARY

THIS IS A DELIGHTFUL STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY SPILL VASE FLATBACK GROUP ENTITLED "BURNS AND HIS MARY".  VERY WELL MODELLED AND DECORATED.  DEPICTS ROBERT BURNS AND HIGHLAND MARY STANDING ON A BASE WITH THE TITLE OF THE PIECE ON A RAISED GILT PLAQUE.  BURNS HAS HIS LEFT ARM AROUND MARY'S SHOULDER AND HIS RIGHT HAND BY HIS SIDE HOLDING A PLUMED HAT.  HE IS WEARING A JACKET, SCARF, KILT AND STOCKINGS.  MARY IS HOLDING A BOOK IN HER RIGHT HAND, WITH HER LEFT HAND BY HER SIDE.  SHE IS WEARING A PLUMED HAT AND A LONG DRESS.  THERE ARE SHEAVES OF YELLOW CORN TO MARY'S LEFT AND ON THE BASE.

HEIGHT IS 12" (30.3CM).

THE TOP OF THE SPILL VASE HAS BROKEN AND THERE IS A PIECE MISSING.  THERE IS SOME SLIGHT FLAKING TO THE ORANGE PAINTED DECORATION ON THE OF BURN'S SCARF.   SOME CRAZING TO GLAZE DUE TO AGE.

THIS FIGURE IS AS SEEN IN A & N HARDING BOOK 1 - FIG. 62, WITH AN ESTIMATE OF £300-500. 

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