A rare Staffordshire porcelain figure of a juggling hedgehog, 19th century, standing on its back

A rare Staffordshire porcelain figure of a juggling hedgehog, 19th century, standing on its back paws with a red ball or berry in each of its fore paws, its coat formed of crumbed clay, raised on a circular base with stiff leaf moulding, 18.8cm.

Cf. D G Rice, English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century, p.173, where he describes hedgehogs in porcelain as very rare.