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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kentworld, post: 9425502, member: 35&quot;]These figures, and the flat back figures, were largely made for the rising middle class who couldn&#039;t afford the costly porcelain figures of the high quality factories.&nbsp; (Early Staffordshire figures are rarer and sought after by collectors even in this depressed ceramics market.)&nbsp; Flat backs are so-called because they were placed on mantles and a decorated back was not seen and therefore unnecessary.&nbsp; Yes, children painted the decoration on some.&nbsp; I think they are charming -- the pastille castles and cottages, the &quot;clocks&quot; with a fixed time painted on the dial, as well as the mythical, allegorical, political and theatric figures.&nbsp; Often they were &quot;spill vases&quot; where part of the decoration held twists of paper or thin bits of wood as fire starters.&nbsp; There are a number of good books on the subject should you wish to learn more![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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