BY ROBERT BROWN & SON, PAISLEY, CIRCA 1860

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A PAIR OF SCOTTISH 'SALT-GLAZED' EARTHENWARE LIONS
BY ROBERT BROWN & SON, PAISLEY, CIRCA 1860
Each shown recumbent, with impressed oval stamps 'R.BROWN & SON, FERGUSLIE, PAISLEY'
30in. (76cm.) high; 16in. (40.6cm.) wide; 41½in. (105.4cm.) long (2)

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Lot Essay

The Brown works was active 1850's-1930's, the building was demolished in the 1980's. This particular model appears in various guises from different Scottish producers of the period; a similar pair, but unglazed were sold Christie's South Kensington, 2 Feburary 2000, lot 278, stamped 'HURLFORD FIRE CLAY WORKS, KILMARNOCK', another sold Christie's Wrotham Park, 2nd October 1990, lot 201, stamped 'A & G CRAIG, HILLHEAD, KILMARNOCK'.

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