Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures drawing of man in glasses and this pot

and this pot

And then there is the great shape

With its great color scheme

though it is so distinctive and beautifully decorated I think I'd be more inclined to treat it as a design object than to drink out of it--I  might put it to use as a small planter

finely carved antique Chinese cinnabar box features a large representation of the character for spring (chun

Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures drawing of man in glasses and this potI bought this antique Staffordshire spill vase just after I had purchased a pair of vintage Mexican folk art candleholders; I was struck at the moment by the similarities among them in their charming, somewhat kitschy Baroqueness. And as a spill vase was used to carry a flame from fireplace to candle or stove, they relate in function as well. I really love the smiling faces on these two and the way she seems to lean a bit against him, and also that