A very attractive and well-potted pair of early Staffordshire figures depicting a male sportsman and a female archer.
The sportsman - wearing a green jacket, yellow jodhpurs, black boots, and a top hat - stands ready to load his gun from a pouch of gunpowder. The archer - wearing a green jacket, a purple and green patterned skirt, black shoes, and a fine pink feathered bonnet - holds a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, a full quiver hanging by her side. They each stand on a green naturalistic base with sparse application of green moss and flowers. Behind them are lovely sprays of bocage with blue and pink flowers.
This pair was produced by many early potters using a variety of moulds - and this particular mould is not unique to any one pot bank. It is, however, very well made and beautifully decorated with great care having been taken with the enamelling and a really lovely balance of colours.
Both figures are in very good condition. The bocage is complete, though there may be some professional restoration to the tips. There are some very small nibbles to the sportsman’s bag and the pouch has been restored. One of the sportsman’s eyes has faded. Please inspect the close-up images for a true sense of the quality of these figures.
Reference: [The Archer = Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780 - 1840, Vol. 2, fig. 84.25] (this reference points to a John Dale version with the same mould, but the bocage and base of this pair do not suggest Dale)
Height: 7.5”
Date: c. 1810
A very attractive and well-potted pair of early Staffordshire figures depicting a male sportsman and a female archer.
The sportsman - wearing a green jacket, yellow jodhpurs, black boots, and a top hat - stands ready to load his gun from a pouch of gunpowder. The archer - wearing a green jacket, a purple and green patterned skirt, black shoes, and a fine pink feathered bonnet - holds a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, a full quiver hanging by her side. They each stand on a green naturalistic base with sparse application of green moss and flowers. Behind them are lovely sprays of bocage with blue and pink flowers.
This pair was produced by many early potters using a variety of moulds - and this particular mould is not unique to any one pot bank. It is, however, very well made and beautifully decorated with great care having been taken with the enamelling and a really lovely balance of colours.
Both figures are in very good condition. The bocage is complete, though there may be some professional restoration to the tips. There are some very small nibbles to the sportsman’s bag and the pouch has been restored. One of the sportsman’s eyes has faded. Please inspect the close-up images for a true sense of the quality of these figures.
Reference: [The Archer = Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780 - 1840, Vol. 2, fig. 84.25] (this reference points to a John Dale version with the same mould, but the bocage and base of this pair do not suggest Dale)
Height: 7.5”
Date: c. 1810
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