Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures deco decoration Both in excellent condition

Both in excellent condition

with its red tongue confronting you at eye level

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"

Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures deco decoration Both in excellent conditionI 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