Early Staffordshire pearlware and creamware pottery figures

Mystery Pair

10/7/2014

I carefully collect pictures of figures. They are invaluable in helping me piece together information. This week, I dutifully added this figure to folder number 199, titled "Miscellaneous".

As I did so, I glanced through the folder contents, and spied this 9 inch figure, which came to auction about 10 years ago.

I have never seen other examples of these two figures, so perhaps they are unique. But clearly they are intended to be a pair. Is the subject classical? Is it theatrical? That beats me. For now, both figures stay in the Miscellaneous folder--but if you have any thoughts, please share.

4 Comments

Nick Frost link

10/7/2014 03:11:53 am

Greek disco. The femail figure unimpressed with the male figures dance moves!
I enjoy reading your blog.
Best wishes,
Nick

Myrna Schkolne

10/7/2014 06:46:48 am

Hmm, I like that interpretation, Nick...but perhaps he is hurling a spear at her. Weird pair, are they not???

Philip Rutherford

10/13/2014 07:13:44 am

See the Pratt ware classical figure with obelisk on Andrew Dando's website; the similarities in stance,clothing, attitude and feet are quite striking to the female figure of your pair.

Myrna

10/13/2014 12:21:41 pm

Philip, I have noted Andrew's figure, which is in underglaze colors. Also another, again underglaze colored, that is very similar inthe Hunt Collection in which the lady holds a cat and a lovely large dog sits at her feet. I will get those pics onto the blog soon.