A PAIR OF SCOTTISH 'SALT-GLAZED' EARTHENWARE LIONS

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'.