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Description:
Staffordshire porcelain figure (a type that has also been described as a cottage mantel ornament), decorated in yellow, brown, pink, turquoise, orange, black and gilding. Two girls sit reading a book as a kneeling boy looks over the center girl's shoulder; there is a small yellow cradle below the boy's knee. The hollow tree trunk behind the children can be used as a vase.

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+71.019

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