Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures drawing of man in glasses though it is so distinctive

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

It thus felt rather serendipitous to find this Skansen souvenir (“minne

This is one of my very favorite boxes I've had in my possession

which I'd guess dates to the mid 19th century or so

And then there is the great shape

Victorian Era Staffordshire Spill Vase with Two Figures drawing of man in glasses though it is so distinctiveI 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