A lovely Staffordshire spill vase of a couple - the woman in a kilt, and two (headless) birds looking down on them! Apart from the birds, the vase is otherwise in good condition. We've added an inner recycled plastic tube so that it can be used as a vase and a small posy of fresh flowers accompanies it.   
 
Staffordshire spill vases are 19th-century English earthenware, predominantly Victorian, designed as decorative, often figural containers for "spills"—paper or wood tapers used to transfer fire from hearths. The "flatback" figures (often with a, hollow tree-trunk holder) became popular mantel decorations for middle-class homes as matches were expensive and 'spills' were used for lighting candles, pipes etc from the fire. 
 
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