A RARE FOLK ART BROWN STONEWARE SALTGLAZED POTTERY FLATBACK LION

A RARE FOLK ART BROWN STONEWARE SALTGLAZED POTTERY FLATBACK LION

PROBABLY DERBYSHIRE, C.1800-30

modelled in two toned clay, depicting a naive lion baring his teeth, standing in grass before a tree, with a bird in its nest

30.8cm high, 26cm wide

Provenance

The Sir Michael Codron Collection of Lions.

Catalogue Note

For a pair of similar figures, see the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number C.7&A-1975.