Floral Staffordshire Spill Vase, 1825
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Spill Vase - Popular in Victorian times, a spill vase was a vessel for holding thin slips of wood or spills of paper with which to light a candle or pipe from a fire. For ease of access to the fire, they usually sat on the mantlepiece or had a hole in the back, so they could be hung from a wall. Their use declined with the with the evolution of heating through use of electricity and the use of safety matches in the late 19th century.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
English early 19th century bone china vase, Rockingham style, handpainted floral pattern in cartouche, on green ground. c1830. BADA sticker to base. height 13 cm.
Thistle vase, Wedgwood c.1880, bell shaped vase with painted decoration including thistles
Spode Velamour white glaze vase, embossed prunus decoration. Marked to base. Circa 1930. Height 26 cm
Spode 'Temple Landscape' vase, circle and arrow mark to base. Ex David Drakefield Collection, restored, Height 13 cm