Very Rare Antique Conta & Boehme Pair of Fairings, Seated Boy & Girl, 1880-1900

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Seller: deewainhouse ✉️ (9,096) 100%, Location: Farnborough, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 391417979788 Very Rare Antique Conta & Boehme Pair of Fairings, Seated Boy & Girl, 1880-1900.

Here on offer is a very rare antique Conta & Boehme pair of fairings modelled as seated children, dating to between 1880 and 1900.

 

Fairing is the name given to pieces of inexpensive china that could be won or bought at Victorian country fairs and are now widely collected as authentic folk art. The fairs of Victorian England were major events where entire communities would take a day out, they consisted of entertainments, sideshows, food and drink, but more importantly they were essentially commercial gatherings for the purchase of livestock and domestic wares. The fairs evolved over time to become the fun-fairs we know today.

 

The delightfully amusing china ornaments known as fairings had their heyday in the mid to late 1800s, their appealing charm lies in their very British sense of humour. The most significant maker between 1880 and 1900 was Conta & Boehme of Possneck, Saxony in Germany. Their fairings are made of solid soft white porcelain and are generally of a much higher quality than those produced by other manufacturers.

 

This delightful pair of fairings is in the form of seated children with a doves. The pieces have green glazed dining chairs that have gilt accents. Each has a charming child sat on the seats, with hair painted the palest yellow, faces flushed with excitement, their clothes with gilt detailing. The girls has a cup of tea in one hand, the saucer balanced on the seat, the boy is clutching a cone of sweets, both have a dove resting on one knee with another on the chair back.

 

The pieces have remarkably little damage, there are two flea bites, one on the boys cone of sweets, the other on a wing tip of the dove sat on the girls knee. 

 

The fairings are being offered in good antique condition, each measures about 10.3cm by 5cm by 4.4cm.

 

A very rare and highly collectable pair.

 

Please see my pictures for the details of the condition which complement this description .

 

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  • Manufacturer/ Type: Conta & Boehme
  • Material: Porcelain/ China
  • Date: c.1840-c.1900
  • Product Type: Fairing
  • Sub-Type: European

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