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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nathan Lindop, post: 4492235, member: 5285&quot;]Sorry I&#039;m so late to the party. Staffordshire figures are the only thing I really know about haha.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are figures from the Kent factory. Very late in the time line of Staffordshire figures so early 20th century for sure. </p><p><br /></p><p>Alot of Kent figures are dismissed and seen as fakes but they did make some creative and charming pieces. This parrot which is one of a pair is such a figure that people have come to appreciate.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Bright gilding&#039; like that which reflects is not present on any of the old Staffordshire figures. With experience it is most often the look of the green and brown that give away a later Kent figure, likely sponged on rather than say Thomas Parr whose bases were haindpainted with a brush.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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