Staffordshire Style Bird Dog Spill Vase
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Item: Spill Vase
Make: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Construction: Earthenware
Dimensions: 9 3/4" Tall x 8 1/4" Long x 2 1/2" Wide
Condition: Very good pre-owned vintage condition. No cracks. Visible loss of paint all over. Light crazing all over. Please see photos.
Details: Slender black and white bird dog with colorful bird in his mouth faces left. Extending from base and supporting from back is slender tree trunk, open at top to accommodate the spills. Base and trunk painted in shades of greens and browns. Some applied ceramic vermicelli to mimic lichen. Inside mouth of vase painted orange. Bottom edge of base glazed cobalt blue with gold stripe highlight. No marks.
Spill vases were a common household item in the 19th century. Often made in a flattened shape to fit on a mantel, they nearly always had a wider mouth to accommodate the spills. Spills were thin wooden sticks or long tightly twisted paper used to transfer flame, as from a fire to a candle, before the wide availability of household matches.