ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC FIGURAL SPILL VASES, LOT OF SIX, each having ovoid base and molded tree to back, comprising two pairs including one featuring a man and woman standing beside a waterfall, arm resting on a basket, and a swan at their feet, and one pair depicting a boy and girl standing beside a table with a begging black-spotted dog on hind legs, one example featuring a girl and a boy with a red-spotted dog and yellow bird, and one example with three children. Second/third quarter 19th century. 9 1/2" HOA.Literature: Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835-1875, Book Three, three children parallels p. 206, fig. a2199E.Provenance: From an Alexandria, VA collection.