Title : Staffordshire Pig Thythe Group
Antique Staffordshire pottery pearlware figure of the Pig Thythe.Exceptional coloring and modelling with interesting pine cone type bocage.
Cira 1820.
RESTORED;Handle basket,staff and some minor bocage.
NOTE;Re Myrna Schkolne book chapter 31 which gives information on Tithing in England and features other examples of Staffordshire pottery Thythe Groups including this model on page 281. FEATURES IN THE POTTERY MENAGERIE EXHIBITION OF JOHN HOWARD 2008.
Reference : 3038
Dimensions : 7 inches across base.approx
Price Guide : C |