Lot 2 Antique Victorian Porcelain Fairings The last in bed puts out the light

Description: Offered is a nice antique porcelain fairing or late Victorian carnival prize showing a husband and wife climbing into bed with the saying "The Last In Bed To Put Out The Light" & measuring approx. 3 1/4" long X 3 1/8" tall X 2 1/4" wide plus a Scholar standing approximately 3 1/2" tall on a 1 3/8" X 1 1/16" base. The largest is marked on the base both in ink with what appears to be initials as well as etched with the numbers 2851 with etched letters or numbers beneath. It was made from 1880-1900s by Conta and Boehme of Germany and is shown on page 99 of the reference "Victorian China Fairings by Derek Jordan." the smaller scholar fairing is from the same era but unmarked.Condition: The flame part of the candle stick seated on the table has broken off and it has some paint loss or wear with loss of most of the gilding on the sides & canopy. The scholar has some minor wear but is in nice condition for the age. Please use enlargement or zoom feature for the best view. A wonderful collector's piece and becoming increasingly difficult to find.Information on Victorian Fairings from World Collector's Net: ( https://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/articles/fairings-fun-victorian-fair/ )The term Fairing can be designated to anything obtained at a Fair, but the term has become exclusively attached to small porcelain figures & figure groups, and sometimes trinket boxes, match strikers, pin holders and spill holders that were given away as prizes or sold at the local Fair. They were usually humorous and sometimes risque, and for the majority they had captions inscribed on their base.Fairings were very popular from 1860 to just after the death of Queen Victoria, and costing just a few pence they were popular amongst the working class who would value and collect the Fairings, as a reminder of the day at the fair. The Fair during the mid 19th century was often an annual holiday for the local community. As the century progressed, the growth of the railways and transport networks led to increased mobility and the commercial importance of the Fair decreased. During the later part of the century Fairings were more likely to be sold in shops than be a prize at the Fair. Although seemingly quintessentially British the main production of Fairings was in Germany and in particular the Conta & Boehme of Possneck, Saxony. The German potteries were technologically advanced and were able to produce the small brightly coloured, gilded Fairing pieces cheaply for the mass market. The Fairings were made of white soft-paste porcelain and would be assembled from several moulds, fired, glazed, fired a second time and subsequently hand painted and gilded. Conta & Boehme made Fairings from about 1860 to 1914. Several other factories in the area also produced Fairings but generally to a lesser quality, until the start of World War I ended the trade.

Price: 16 USD

Location: Seattle, Washington

End Time: 2024-11-18T01:27:59.000Z

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