CIRCA 1820

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURAL GROUP OF A PERFORMING BEAR
CIRCA 1820
Of Walton or Sherratt-type, the animal trainer in an Andalusian's costume standing before a tree, a club in his right hand, the muzzled bear dancing at the right, a very small lion standing between the two, on domed base moulded and enriched in bright blue with foliate scrolls
8½in. (21.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Rosalie Wise Sharp, Ceramics, Ethics & Scandal, 2002, p. 172 and The Hope McCormick Collection of Staffordshire Pottery, Christie's, New York, 21 January 2003, lot 11 for other examples of the present group, the placement of the trainer and the bear reversed.

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