Heavenly Gaze and Flute Play
Staffordshire figure of a man looking up to the heavens and a spill vase of a boy playing a flute, approx 7.87 in. and shorter.
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- Spill Vase - Popular in Victorian times, a spill vase was a vessel for holding thin slips of wood or spills of paper with which to light a candle or pipe from a fire. For ease of access to the fire, they usually sat on the mantlepiece or had a hole in the back, so they could be hung from a wall. Their use declined with the with the evolution of heating through use of electricity and the use of safety matches in the late 19th century.
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Staffordshire Potteries (England), item types
- figures and groups 350
- vases 97
