Pair of Alcock “Touraine” Flow Blue Pitchers barney This toy has considerable paint

This toy has considerable paint wear but there is enough of the original red paint remaining to give it a wonderful aged patina finish

possibly referencing the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris

both produced in semi-porcelain and decorated with softly blurred cobalt floral transfers

surface marks throughout

22" W x 28" D x 26" H

Pair of Alcock “Touraine” Flow Blue Pitchers barney This toy has considerable paintc. 1890s; Stanley Pottery Staffordshire, England This pair of Victorian flow blue pitchers is produced in Stanley Pottery's "Touraine" pattern and molded in a paneled form with scalloped rims and ornate scroll handles. Each piece is decorated with rich cobalt floral sprays that soften and bleed into the white body through the flow blue firing process, creating the atmospheric, painterly effect prized in late Victorian Staffordshire wares. A repeating