Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures deco decoration This large earthenware slip-painted vessel

This large earthenware slip-painted vessel has an incredible presence and physicality that make it feel like a very special object indeed

and the stitching holding them together just beautiful

The graphics on the label are pretty great too-- including the logo with Empire Brushes circling a globe and the phrase "Clean Round the World"

Terrific from every angle

It's seen some play I think

Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures deco decoration This large earthenware slip-painted vesselI bought this antique Staffordshire spill vase just after I had purchased a pair of vintage Mexican folk art candleholders; I was struck at the moment by the similarities among them in their charming, somewhat kitschy Baroqueness. And as a spill vase was used to carry a flame from fireplace to candle or stove, they relate in function as well. I really love the smiling faces on these two and the way she seems to lean a bit against him, and also that