19th C. Staffordshire Spill Vase with Doves and Snakes sanborn and carter sharp-edged dress with marvelously detailed

sharp-edged dress with marvelously detailed hands resting on her hips

with a ball so large it seems poised to bust out of its cage entirely

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the detail on the chair and of the caning pattern especially brings a lot of extra life and specificity to the portrait

though he also looks a bit as if he might be just-in from a long day fishing out in the rain or snow

19th C. Staffordshire Spill Vase with Doves and Snakes sanborn and carter sharp-edged dress with marvelously detailedSometimes one wants something that feels like a bit of Rococo fun, plus I love a snake, this one about to steal an egg from the nest of this pair of doves in what one could read as a clash between good and evil. 19th c. Staffordshire, with hand painted details in gold and black and green. The form is that of a spill vase, typically kept on the mantle and used for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire, for example to light a