Staffordshire porcelain group, boy + dog by stream, c. 1835

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Large Staffordshire Porcelain figure group, with a boy in pink coat sitting on a colourful moss-covered tree trunk by a stream withmossy banks, holding a bird aloft, away from an ‘unclipped poodle’ with his paws on the boy’s knee, the whole presented on a domed base with gilt ‘grass’ detailing.
Unmarked,
possibly Lloyd Shelton,
circa 1835

15cm high, base 12cm wide

Condition: restoration to arm holding bird, bird is original; overpainting to ankles possibly disguising firing flaws; in good display condition.

ref. Rice “English Porcelain Animals” p56 pl. 14 for an identical example, along with pair (girl with goat) – ‘Staffordshire’ attribution only, c. 1835-40.
Lloyd Shelton is a possible maker, with the colourful moss including flowers being a common feature, although usually in small clumps; the gilt details also link, and the clay ‘wool’ is also similar. Overall, the quality of the piece compares very well, and if not by Lloyd, it is by one of the other higher-end Staffordshire companies.

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