Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures tins among many others

among many others

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of a former gallerist and great collector on Newbury Street in Boston that included an endless array of wonderful things

12 1/4" long overall x 2 1/8" across at widest

this fabulous bright red-orange and black hand-painted ceramic flower frog could perfectly well be used to hold a few flowers in place

In its terrific directness

Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures tins among many othersI 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