Item Specifics

• Type: Spill Vase
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Production Technique: Hand Finished Porcelain
• Style: Victorian
• Date of Creation: Circa 1870–1890
• Features: Hand Painted, Antique, Applied Flowers
• Subject: Child Figure
• Region of Origin: Germany
• Material: Porcelain
• Size: Small
• Brand: Conta & Boehme
• Colour: Multicoloured

Antique Conta & Boehme Boy With Basket & Anchor Spill Vase Fairing C1890 11cm

A charming Victorian porcelain spill vase produced by the celebrated German maker Conta & Boehme of Pössneck, Germany.

This delightful late nineteenth-century example depicts a young child wearing a wide-brimmed hat and standing beside a woven basket-form spill vase. The piece is further enhanced with applied floral decoration and a nautical anchor motif, creating an attractive maritime-inspired design rarely encountered today.

The underside bears the impressed Conta & Boehme shield mark together with mould number 3827, confirming attribution to one of the most respected manufacturers of Victorian fairings and spill vases.

Originally designed to hold paper spills used for transferring flame from a fireplace to candles and oil lamps, pieces such as this have become highly collectable decorative antiques in their own right.

Maker & History

Conta & Boehme operated in Pössneck, Thuringia, Germany and became one of the most important exporters of porcelain fairings, novelty wares and spill vases during the Victorian era.

Their figures were sold throughout Britain and America and became famous for their charming child subjects, humorous scenes and finely detailed moulding. Many examples incorporated practical functions such as spill holders, trinket boxes, match strikers and miniature planters.

The impressed shield mark and mould number found on this example place it firmly within the factory's classic late nineteenth-century production period.

Did You Know?

Victorian spill vases often reflected popular themes of the day. Nautical motifs such as anchors were symbols of hope, steadfastness and safe return, making them popular decorative subjects in Victorian homes.

Measurements

• Height: Approx. 11 cm

Condition

Fair to good antique condition.

• Hairline crack present around the anchor area
• Hairline cracks present around some of the applied vegetation
• Damage and losses to portions of the applied floral decoration and foliage
• No repairs found
• No major structural damage noted
• Age-related wear to gilding and painted decoration
• Surface wear, dust residue and storage marks consistent with over 130 years of age

Despite the faults noted above, the piece displays attractively and remains a desirable example of Victorian Conta & Boehme porcelain.

Please study all photographs carefully as they form part of the description and condition report.

Postage, Packing & Insurance

Your antique spill vase will be carefully wrapped using multiple layers of protective packaging and dispatched fully tracked and insured. Particular care will be taken due to the age of the piece and the delicate applied decoration.

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