A 19thC Continental Hard Paste Porcelain Figural Lidded Jar as Mr Punch sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Or shave their sorry heads

Or shave their sorry heads with a spade upon their crown

the whole remaining in pristine order from the multi faceted stopper to the finely detailed doves

and housed in its original time-worn frame

were discontinued

A 19thC Continental Hard Paste Porcelain Figural Lidded Jar as Mr Punch sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Or shave their sorry headsPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Height: 12Width: 6Diameter: 7The scarce hard paste porcelain figure modelled as a seated Mr Punch in an armchair formed as a lidded jar, polychrome painted with a copper lustre glazes with tassel hat cover and surviving from late nineteenth century Europe. The condition is very good with only slight wear to the painted surface, a few tiny firing faults, and no major damages. There is a paper label to