Very Large Rare & Superior Quality Antique Green Majolica Stoneware Elephant Plant Stand

Please note: Requires collection. Very rare genuine antique elephant plant stand of superior quality, and beautiful and life-like sculpting. Huge antique green glazed Majolica stoneware elephant plant stand. It is very heavy! Excellent quality with far more detail than usually seen. The trunk is very shapely with nostril holes, the ears are realistic, the back slopes in a life-like way with a gentle slope under the seat and a sharper slope at the rump, the rivets/spikes protrude a lot more than in other examples, the legs and feet are not stumpy. It really does look like a living elephant and not a cartoon elephant! The green glaze has a lovely rainbow lustre. This is the 'real deal' and not a reproduction. This is a top quality, genuine antique plant stand and extremely rare in this quality and condition.

56cm tall, 41cm wide and 24cm deep and weighs approximately 10kg. In very good condition considering the age but it does have a firing fault on one side (see pics), although this is stable and quite common. The tail might have been re-attached or it might have been attached originally and is now showing a join seam. The elephant is largely unscathed despite its age, but then it is a very robust piece. Please study the photos to judge the quality and condition in detail. This item is for collection only due to the size and weight and due to the difficulty in packaging it. Please contact me prior to purchase to discuss.