Hundreds of pottery factories were set up in Staffordshire during the Victorian period, many of them producing crude colourful figures, sold to decorate the more humble households. In a dark cottage in winter they must have seemed so bright and joyful, their colours brightening any room they were displayed, from kitchen to bed chamber.
 
This is a Staffordshire figure of a cow and milkmaid. This would have been in the home of a lower income family.
 
Condition is good except the cow has lost his ears.
 
Dimensions: 20cm across x 16cm high