19th C. Staffordshire Spill Vase with Doves and Snakes corncob carving used on the black

used on the black

then adhered to the paper

It appears that a series of carved stencils

feels great in the hand

This sweet guy--a boar

19th C. Staffordshire Spill Vase with Doves and Snakes corncob carving used on the blackSometimes 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