Antique Porcelain Fairing Girl with Basket Toothpick Holder Bud Vase Figurine

Description

Circa late 19th-early 20th century Staffordshire style porcelain figurine / bud vase / toothpick / match holder, in the shape of a peasant girl resting on a stone wall beside a large basket.

"A china fairing is a small porcelain ornament, often incorporating figures, ranging from about three inches (7.5 cm) to about five inches (12.5 cm) in height, and depicting a variety of scenes, humorous, political or domestic. China fairings are so named because they were given away as prizes at fairs in the Victorian era, in much the same way that we would win a coconut at a fair today, although some were manufactured simply for sale. They first started appearing in the middle of the nineteenth century and remained popular until the start of the First World War." (Source: Wikipedia)

Condition

God Overall - Some wear to paint

Dimensions

2.25" x 1.75" x 2.5" (Width x Depth x Height)