A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE MODEL OF 'WALLACE'

CIRCA 1830

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A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE MODEL OF 'WALLACE'
Circa 1830
Depicted as a lion standing with his right paw on a yellow ball, before a flowering bocage, on a shaped green base, named on the front
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high

Provenance

With D.M. & P. Manheim Ltd.

Lot Essay

See Hall, p. 68, pl. 51. Owing to the Scottish connection, it is likely that the historic circus lion Wallace was named and trained by James Carter. Carter was a Scot and a lion tamer for Wombwell's Managerie and later William Batty for Astley.

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