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SHELF Detail for Item 903 |  A rare example of one of the most popular figures in English pottery, St George and the Dragon. Bold, underglaze colors on pearlware with framed initials T M and H M inside the hollow base. Opposite side of base has the numbers 1838 , the three rather small. This seems to be more than twenty years too late to be a date! Yorkshire or Staffordshire. Professional restoration to the ears, reins and the leg, missing the lance. 11 inches tall. C. 1800? See PRATT WARE, Griselda Lewis, 2nd ed., 2006, p. 257 May be seen at Collector's Choice Antiques Gallery in New Oxford, PA. Price: $7500 ORDER NOW! | ||
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a brief general discussion. We have not done restoration, so these pieces are honest, as we found and studied them. Condition is carefully described on the detail pages. Reference is made to the pages in FEATHERS & FOLIAGE where wares painted with the bird shown are described and discussed. | |||
