English Staffordshire Pottery Little Red Riding Hood Flatback Spill Vase collection_pewter_toleware Note: professionally rewired

Note: professionally rewired

A vintage painting of a street scene with a circular entrance door near a Chinese Buddhist temple in Hangchow (Hangzhou) in Zhejiang province

Table top: Width 48 Depth 19 Height 29

Chain: Height 20 inches

Note: (1) pen scribbles (cover)

English Staffordshire Pottery Little Red Riding Hood Flatback Spill Vase collection_pewter_toleware Note: professionally rewiredDETAILS An antique figural spill vase of Little Red Riding Hood standing beside a tree stump form spill vase, as she is approached by a wolf. A spill vase was designed to sit on a mantelpiece and hold rolled paper tapers or thin wood splints which were used to transfer fire to light the fireplace or other candles. Matches at the time were very expensive so they were used sparingly. STYLE Victorian COLOR(S) Green, orange, white, blue PLACE OF ORIGIN