A lovely holy water stoup featuring the Virgin Mary holding a child in her arms.
Mary wears a flowing white robe and head covering with sparse gilt highlights. The child - probably Jesus Christ is partially swaddled. At Mary’s feet is a shell-shaped bucket-type stoup with gilt flecks.
This figure, probably made for the Catholic market, is a charming holy water stoup example, stylistically similar to many others of this period.
There are some hairline cracks around the rim of the base, and the bottom of the back of the figure has been restored. There is a small, discreet chip to the rim of the stoup, and another chip to the bottom of one of the folds of Mary’s long headdress, near her right knee. There is a hairline firing flaw along Mary’s neck. Despite these imperfections, the figure displays very nicely.
Reference: Stephen Duckworth, Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Religious Figures, p. 126, fig. C.8
Height: 10.75”
Date: c. 1870s
Provenance: The Stephen Duckworth Collection
A lovely holy water stoup featuring the Virgin Mary holding a child in her arms.
Mary wears a flowing white robe and head covering with sparse gilt highlights. The child - probably Jesus Christ is partially swaddled. At Mary’s feet is a shell-shaped bucket-type stoup with gilt flecks.
This figure, probably made for the Catholic market, is a charming holy water stoup example, stylistically similar to many others of this period.
There are some hairline cracks around the rim of the base, and the bottom of the back of the figure has been restored. There is a small, discreet chip to the rim of the stoup, and another chip to the bottom of one of the folds of Mary’s long headdress, near her right knee. There is a hairline firing flaw along Mary’s neck. Despite these imperfections, the figure displays very nicely.
Reference: Stephen Duckworth, Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Religious Figures, p. 126, fig. C.8
Height: 10.75”
Date: c. 1870s
Provenance: The Stephen Duckworth Collection
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