A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE POTTERY FIGURE OF THE ENGLISH LION

A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE POTTERY FIGURE OF THE ENGLISH LION

BY JOHN WALTON, C.1820

modelled recumbent on a grassy mound, wearing a crown, his left paw resting on a yellow sphere, with flowering bocage, the back applied with a 'Walton' banner

15cm high, 13.3cm wide

Provenance

The Sir Michael Codron Collection of Lions.

Catalogue Note

See Mylne Schkolne, 'People, Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures', p.163, for an identical figure with its pair, the unicorn.