A 19thC Continental Hard Paste Porcelain Figural Lidded Jar as Mr Punch sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the whole remaining in pristine

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

with the side leather panels weak at their edges though all benefiting from a beautiful suppleness and patination that leather of this age so beautifully radiates

A truly extraordinary table with massive decorative impact

“Another hour's active exercise was recommended before going to bed followed by a foot bath with tepid water and another session with a skin brush or nibbed cotton cloth

A 19thC Continental Hard Paste Porcelain Figural Lidded Jar as Mr Punch sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the whole remaining in pristinePeriod: 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