Staffordshire Old Lady Figurine

She was a fun project, don't you think she has character? Call me crazy but sometimes I find myself talking to these figures while I'm working on them. Hahaha, can you tell I work alone all day long?!?!?! Usually these Staffordshire pieces have a lot to them as far as restoration goes, this one had previous restoration on her hand, cane, basket, dress, feet, the works. But it's fun work, nothing too difficult but enjoyable, a no brainer.

After.

The hand was rebuilt from scratch, changed the cane color since original seemed to have been yellow, basket needed in-painting to hide all the hairlines and chips it had, I made the basket handle little better looking also.

Before.

Lladro finished

Mother&Child

Mother's arm was broken and glued before and her fingers were missing on the same arm.

Detail pictures of the fingers.

Detail pictures of the arm.

I took the old restoration apart and cleaned it off to get a better fit on the arm once glued back. This way the restored area will be as small as possible. In-painting/matching the original color with Lladros is a bit tricky but I'm happy where I got. Finishing also has to be very glossy and it has to blend in smoothly. I think it looks great!

Afters