A charming, rare and fine figure in two parts depicting Queen Victoria, fashioned as a trinket box.
The Queen is crowned and stands with her hands folded, a handkerchief in her left hand. She wears a lilac bodice with a white frill and a green and orange frilled skirt. The figure opens beneath the first frill of the skirt to serve as a box. It is one of only a small handful of Staffordshire figures which serve this purpose.
Dating this figure is extremely difficult. The figure was probably produced for the first time in the late 1840s, but it was reproduced by the Kent Factory. This figure lacks any Kent features which would definitively identify it as Kent, but equally there are no features (such as cobalt blue or gilt) which would safely confirm the identity of the figure as contemporary. I have oscillated between the two possibilities. It should be noted, however, that the colour-scheme of the figure matches that in Harding: Book One.
Sadly, I can only offer this figure as ‘antique’ (I do not believe it to be ‘late period’ Kent) and am not able to commit to a precise date estimate. This unfortunate lack of certainty is reflected in the price.
The figure is in excellent original condition with no damage or repair.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 166, fig. 464
Height: 7.25”
Date: c. late 1840s; OR c. 1900
A charming, rare and fine figure in two parts depicting Queen Victoria, fashioned as a trinket box.
The Queen is crowned and stands with her hands folded, a handkerchief in her left hand. She wears a lilac bodice with a white frill and a green and orange frilled skirt. The figure opens beneath the first frill of the skirt to serve as a box. It is one of only a small handful of Staffordshire figures which serve this purpose.
Dating this figure is extremely difficult. The figure was probably produced for the first time in the late 1840s, but it was reproduced by the Kent Factory. This figure lacks any Kent features which would definitively identify it as Kent, but equally there are no features (such as cobalt blue or gilt) which would safely confirm the identity of the figure as contemporary. I have oscillated between the two possibilities. It should be noted, however, that the colour-scheme of the figure matches that in Harding: Book One.
Sadly, I can only offer this figure as ‘antique’ (I do not believe it to be ‘late period’ Kent) and am not able to commit to a precise date estimate. This unfortunate lack of certainty is reflected in the price.
The figure is in excellent original condition with no damage or repair.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 166, fig. 464
Height: 7.25”
Date: c. late 1840s; OR c. 1900
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