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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 212866, member: 44&quot;]Good work on posting the pics! At the moment I&#039;m not sure of the figurines though the one with the hole, believe it is the one of 2 girls, isn&#039;t early Staffordshire because of the hole? That hole may be a slip casting. Staffordshire was not slip cast. Nowwwww.... Staffordshire may have a hole but it is very small. I have looked through several Staffordshire figurine websites and haven&#039;t spotted any of these 3 figurines. The one on the left, a dog, whose breed I don&#039;t know. Looks a bit like a harlequin great dane?? The middle figurine may be a reclining sheep. I haven&#039;t seen a Staffordshire sheep in these colors. I would have expected a bocage behind the one on the right of 2 girls?? Do wait for more knowledgeable folks to chime in. Following are websites on recognizing the differences between old and reproduction Staffordshire figurines:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mystaffordshirefigures.com/reproductions-of-antique-staffordshire-pottery-figures.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mystaffordshirefigures.com/reproductions-of-antique-staffordshire-pottery-figures.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mystaffordshirefigures.com/reproductions-of-antique-staffordshire-pottery-figures.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.antiquepottery.co.uk/p/information/fake-%26-reproduction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiquepottery.co.uk/p/information/fake-%26-reproduction" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiquepottery.co.uk/p/information/fake-&amp;-reproduction</a></p><p><a href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Staffordshire-Copies-from-China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Staffordshire-Copies-from-China" rel="nofollow">https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Staffordshire-Copies-from-China</a></p><p><a href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Staffordshire-Dogs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Staffordshire-Dogs" rel="nofollow">https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Staffordshire-Dogs</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As to the cups, I haven&#039;t any help on the one with the &quot;marble&quot; in the bottom. Like you know the one on the right is bu William Henry Goss. Around 1870 he developed a process for enamel ware. He produced heraldry.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;William H Goss had&nbsp; invented an improved technique for the body and enamels for heraldic china and in 1873 registered a patent.</p><p><br /></p><p>W.H. Goss had been producing small vases and pots with the Arms of Colleges and Schools on for presentations.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>His son, noting the increase of travel by the common folks, came up with souvenirs items marked with the coat-of-arms and names of towns, this cup is probably one of those souvenirs. On the following web page about Goss, scroll down a good 1/2 way to the section &quot;Goss crested ware.&quot; This section tells about the development of this ware or which this cup is one.</p><p><a href="http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/456.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/456.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/456.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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