ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC RABBIT FIGURES, LOT OF TWO, each on oval base with polychrome decorations including black-spotted fur, comprising one sitting upright on back legs and nibbling on a lettuce leaf and one crouching with ears laid back, decorated in the round. Third quarter 19th century. 3 5/8" HOA.
Upright example with hairline to back and restoration to base; crouching example with hairline extending from bottom of rabbit to base edge.
Literature: The Hardings - Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835-1875: crouching example parallels Book Two p. 261, fig. 3074; upright example parallels Book Three p. 275, figs. a3077.
Provenance: From the James Dunn collection, Springfield, VT.

Upright example with hairline to back and restoration to base; crouching example with hairline extending from bottom of rabbit to base edge.