BY JAMES STIFF & SONS, LAMBETH, CIRCA 1870

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH TERRACOTTA URNS
BY JAMES STIFF & SONS, LAMBETH, CIRCA 1870
The foliate bowls on waisted stiff-leaf socles and square section bases, the impressed oval stamps J.STIFF & SONS, LAMBETH, LONDON
16½in. (42cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

James Stiff was a former employee of the firm Doulton & Watts, also of Lambeth. The colour and catalogue range of his wares generally matches that of Doulton. His sons joined the partnership in 1863 before the company was sold to Doulton in 1913.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Alistair Morris Antiques from the Garden, Woodbridge, 1996.

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