Very large mid-Victorian pearlware group figure depicting an Albanian farmer and his wife. The couple are dressed in national costume and have sheaves of wheat at their feet; the man is holding a sickle and the woman is holding a basket. The figure is hand-painted with polychrome enamels in russet red, orange and green.
Made in Staffordshire, England, c. 1860’s.
2792 g
39.5 cm tall
18.5 x 10 cm across the base
Good antique condition. Crazing; losses to enamelling; chip to the man’s nose; few small surface cracks.
Very large mid-Victorian pearlware group figure depicting an Albanian farmer and his wife. The couple are dressed in national costume and have sheaves of wheat at their feet; the man is holding a sickle and the woman is holding a basket. The figure is hand-painted with polychrome enamels in russet red, orange and green.
Made in Staffordshire, England, c. 1860’s.
2792 g
39.5 cm tall
18.5 x 10 cm across the base
Good antique condition. Crazing; losses to enamelling; chip to the man’s nose; few small surface cracks.
