ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC FIGURES, LOT OF FIVE, each on ovoid base, comprising two blacksmith examples featuring a man standing next to an anvil including one with "BLACKSMITH" embossed to front of base, one example featuring "G. HAVELOCK", embossed to front of base, depicting a bearded military man on horseback, one example featuring "Beaconsfield", hand-brushed to front of base, depicting Benjamin Disraeli standing beside a column, and one alliance group example with "TURKEY ENGLAND FRANCE", embossed to front of base, portraying Abd-ul-Medjid, Queen Victoria, and Napoleon Bonaparte III. Second/third quarter 19th century. 16" HOA.Literature: Parallels the Hardings - Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835-1875, Book One, alliance group p. 226, fig. 783; Book Two, blacksmith p. 137, fig. 2191, middle and right.Provenance: From an Alexandria, VA collection.