Victorian Staffs Figure ~ "English Sailor / French Soldier"

This is a rare and amusing mid 19th Century English Victorian antique reversible Staffordshire Pottery Figure, depicting on the one side, an English Sailor, standing holding a flag, and on the other, a French Soldier, standing, again holding a flag ~ H 813a. Somewhat surprisingly, Harding, in the Second Addendum to "Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835 - 1875", allots, without qualification, the Reference Number 813 to this figure despite this number having already been allotted to a similar though quite different model. We have therefore, for the sake of clarity, ourselves added the suffix"a" to the figure listed here. For an identical figure, which on the day fetched £85.00 plus Buyer's Premium, see "The Kimpton Collection of Staffordshire Portrait Figures" ~ Christie's South Kensington ~ 09. 10 and 20. 11. 1979 { Lot 173 } ~ Review and Illustration, Antique Collecting ~ Vol. 14 ~ No. 9 ~ February 1980 { Our Stock Ref. Ac149f1980-XX }. Love this item? ~ why not make us an offer? Our Warranty:- Buy it, enjoy it and take good care of it, subject only to these conditions, we undertake to accept this item back at any time and to credit the original purchase price against further purchases. Just one of the thousands of warranted antiques ~ vintage collectables ~ catalogues and antiques reference works for sale at our main website, https://www.applecrossantiques.com