Pair of Staffordshire pottery spill vases, c. 1860. Modelled as a herdsman, and a milkmaid holding milk pails, sat upon rockwork, above their cows, before tree trunks, forming the spill vases. Decorated in typical enamels, and having single gilt lines to the bases. Height – 22.8 cm, 9”. Width – 18 cm, 7 1/8”. Depth – 6.5 cm, 2 1/2”. Condition – Firing stress cracks to the reverse of the figure of the herdsman. Typical minor wear to the overglaze enamels. No restoration.
