Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. E421, fig. 189.
Details
A figure of Samson and the Lion
Samson wearing a tunic and plaid scarf, modelled standing beside the lion prizing open its jaw with both hands, well coloured, on mound applied with grassy tufts upon shaped gilt-line base, 19th century -- 28.5cm. high
Samson wearing a tunic and plaid scarf, modelled standing beside the lion prizing open its jaw with both hands, well coloured, on mound applied with grassy tufts upon shaped gilt-line base, 19th century -- 28.5cm. high
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