Lot Essay
Cf. Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, 1991, plate 53 for another example in the collection of the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent on a similarly sponged and moulded base.
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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE MODEL OF A LION
CIRCA 1820
The ochre beast standing beside a rock, his front left paw resting on a globe showing France and Germany, his tail arching over his back onto his left shoulder, on rectangular sponged black base, the upper edge moulded with green acanthus leaves (tail restored)--11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) long
CIRCA 1820
The ochre beast standing beside a rock, his front left paw resting on a globe showing France and Germany, his tail arching over his back onto his left shoulder, on rectangular sponged black base, the upper edge moulded with green acanthus leaves (tail restored)--11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) long