Staffordshire Pottery figure of Actress Mme E. Vestris as a Broom Seller, c 1825

Measuring about 13.3cm tall, she does show crazing throughout, but free from chips.

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1856), better known as Madame Vestris, was an English actress whose appearance and voice had brought her acclaim on the English stage by 1820. She is best known to Staffordshire figure collectors as "The Broom Girl" because in 1826 she popularized the song “Buy a Broom” and sang it on the London stage it attired as a Bavarian broom seller. This one is on a base that may be attributable to the Sherratt pottery, but this is not my specialist subject, so please study the photos and make your own judgements.

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