Lot 56 , A Staffordshire pearlware group Tithe pig, c.1820-30, 20cm high

A Staffordshire pearlware group 'Tithe pig', c.1820-30, the group on a scrollwork base picked out in red and blue enamels, standing before bocage, 20cm high
Estimate £200-300

Occasional fine crazing to the glaze, some high quality restoration to the bocage and other small typical losses to the flowers on the bocage, the farmer on the left has retouching to flaking on the enamels of his coat and there are other small areas of flaking to the enamels all over, otherwise in reasonable condition with no cracks detected.

Provenance: Leonard Russell Collection of Pearlware Pottery


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Sold for £460