ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC FIGURES, LOT OF FOUR, each having ovoid base, comprising one group sitting on a sofa featuring a woman with bird perched on right arm and a man holding a stringed instrument, one spill vase featuring two hunters including one holding a bow and one holding a club, one example depicting a standing John Milton holding a book in right hand and leaning upon a column on left, one clock face example featuring a child wearing a crown with a sitting dog. Second/third quarter 19th century. 10" HOA.
Literature: Musician group parallels the Hardings - Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835-1875, Book Three, p. 131, fig. a1594B.

Musician group having glued repair to bird's head; clock face example having top with glued repair and moderate flake; Milton with some restoration including left hand and paint touch-ups; hunting group with restoration, some flaking; each having some expected wear to enamel and/or gilt decorations.