Staffordshire Figures
We have a healthy and constantly-updating collection of Staffordshire figures available.
Staffordshire earthenware figures were produced from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. Early (pre-1840) Staffordshire figures tend to be decorated ‘in the round’ and fairly elaborate with several handmade, press-moulded components including separately crafted limbs and bocage (leaves).
From the 1840s onwards, the market for Staffordshire figures boomed and potters moved to a simpler, more ‘streamlined’ production style, with many figures decorated on the frontside only (‘flatbacks’) and most figures being produced from a single press mould. The remarkably legible effect this simple and efficient production method could produce is one of the great attraction of Victorian Staffordshire figures.
The popularity of Staffordshire figures waned towards the end of the 19th century. Figures tended to be larger and more sparsely decorated. From the end of the 19th century onwards, Staffordshire figures were ‘slip cast’ and were often spray coloured (rather than hand-painted), although the William Kent Factory continued to produce ‘Old Staffordshire Ware’ using the same production methods (and often the same moulds) as the Victorian potters well into the 20th century.
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