133. Dandies

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Enamel-painted Figures

133.23a. Decorated very similarly to 133.23 and on a similar base with the same flowers. Probably from the same pot bank. Bocage is lost.

133.47a. Courtesy John Howard.

133.49a. The companion model to 133.49, the latter being one of the prettiest dandy groups I have handled. Courtesy Bernard Trower.

133.49b. Courtesy Chorley's Auctions.

133.54a. The same couple as in 133.53-54 but on a square base.

133.54b. The same figures as used for 133.52-53. Extensive damage and some restoration. Courtesy eBay seller nouveaunell.

133.54c. Again like 133.54 but with different objects in the hands. Courtesy RTS Antiques.

133.57a. Very unusual decoration. I would want to handle this to verify a pre-1840 date.

133.61a. Attributed to the Leather Leaf Group. Like 133.61 but lacking theoctagonal base. Not sure if it was lost, but possibly the group was made this way. The bocage on the left is an obvious replacement of the incorrect form.

133.63a. Attributed to the Leather Leaf Group. Courtesy Kidson-Trigg Auctions.

133.58a.

133.66a. Note the dog. Courtesy Mears and Boyer.

133.68a. This is the only recorded example. It is the companion to 133.68, of which only two are recorded. I tend to think of these small groups as portraying courting couples rather than dandies because the stance differs.

133.68b. Another tiny pair that I think are a courting couple rather than dandies, as they are commonly called. As in the previous instance, the figures are the same figures found on some New Marriage Act groups. Courtesy Gildings.

133.81a. probably made in Scotland. Courtesy Madelena.

133.82. Impressed TITTENSOR. One of only four enamel-painted Tittensor bocage figures, all of which display Dale traits. Perhaps Dale bought the Tittensor molds?

133.83. Reverse of 133.82. All enamel-painted Tittensor groups are stylistically very different from underglaze decorated ones, raising the possibility that someone else made them using Tittensor molds, perhaps purchased when his pot bank ceased.

133.84. A unique group with four animals on the base.

133.85. Reverse of 133.84.

133.86. A rare set. The couple on the right is also shown in the Addendum to Vol. 4, and since publication they have been reunited with the couple on the left.

133.81a. This group is a little unusual in that the man's hands are clasped. Similar to 133.80 and 133.81 but made with a bocage. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

133.87. At 6.5", an unrecorded almost mid-sized pair. Courtesy RS Antiques.

The "Sherratt" dandies in figs. 133.39-43 are here shown side by side. As you see, the two sets are from the same molds, but one set is made with a bocage and the other not.

Underglaze-decorated Figures

Dandies marked "TITTENSOR".
The snip below is from the Tittensor site at www.tittensor.com.
The dandies in the center image are the same as the pairs to the left and right. Both are marked TITTENSOR.
The sources for the images are:
Center image “An Unrecorded Family of Potters,” H. Boswell Lancaster, Apollo vol. 37 (1943) pp136-7.
Right image: “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery,” G.A. Godden, Herbert Jenkins 1966.
Left image: “British Porcelain,” G.A. Godden, Barrie & Jenkins 1974.
The copyright on the snip below belongs to Paul Tittensor, Mr. Godden owns the copyright on the images to the left and right, and Mr. Boswell's descendants own the copyright on the center image.

The pair below are taken from Lewis, "Pratt Ware," second edition, and the authors say they may be dandies or a farmer and his wife.

antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery, pearlware, dandies, Myrna Schkolne

The tiny pair below appears to be colored under the glaze in a palette associated with Scotland or the Northeast potteries.