5 Staffordshire "Fairings" Figural Porcelain Boxes
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including King, child on dresser and more, 19th century.....Fairings were a popular fair souvenir during the middle of the Victorian era through 1915. Commemorative buildings and people, along with popular music and songs, inspired some of the fairings.Because beds were featured so prominently in many fairings, fairings often were referred to as “bedpieces.” Small trinket boxes were common souvenir items sold at fairs or seaside resorts.Staffordshire or other English potters did not make fairings. They were imported from Germany.Production of fairings ceased in 1914, resulting from tension associated with the coming of World War I.
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5 Staffordshire "Fairings" Figural Porcelain Boxes
Estimate $200 - $300
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