{"product_id":"a-19thc-continental-hard-paste-porcelain-figural-lidded-jar-as-mr-punch","title":"A 19thC Continental Hard Paste Porcelain Figural Lidded Jar as Mr Punch","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod: Late 19thC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance: Unknown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: c.1880\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight: 12”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth: 6”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter: 7”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe scarce hard paste porcelain figure modelled as a seated Mr Punch in an armchair formed as a lidded jar, polychrome painted with a copper lustre glazes with tassel hat cover and surviving from late nineteenth century Europe.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe condition is very good with only slight wear to the painted surface, a few tiny firing faults, and no major damages. There is a paper label to the reverse and a painted number to the inner lid.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith his dastardly grin and hooked nose, Mr Punch is the most famous puppet of all time. From roots in seventeenth century Italy, Punch and his chums were first seen in England when Charles II, came to the throne and more relaxed times resumed after the rule of Oliver Cromwell. Revelry was once more in fashion and the public's taste was all for amusement and novelty, paving the way for the clowning Mr Punch to cackle all the way into the twenty first century.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis piece has similarities with a rare Staffordshire model, about 40 years earlier. This example looks to be Austrian\/Czech by the style of slip moulding and should be around 1870-1890.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA mischievous and dastardly decorative jar to hold whatever your chosen vice is.","brand":"Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52562614681880,"sku":"2833","price":395.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/5800\/5784\/files\/mrpunchjar1.jpg?v=1787572748","url":"https:\/\/doeandhope.shop\/products\/a-19thc-continental-hard-paste-porcelain-figural-lidded-jar-as-mr-punch","provider":"doeandhope.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}