A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY LION AND LAMB GROUPS

A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY LION AND LAMB GROUPS

19TH CENTURY

each lion seated on its haunches, with a recumbent lamb at his side, raised on gilt lined oval bases (2)

22.5cm high, 16cm wide

Provenance

The Sir Michael Codron Collection of Lions.

Catalogue Note

Denoted as rare among collectors, the pair commemorates the visit to Great Britain of American lion tamer Isaac van Amburgh in the 1840s where he caused a sensation with his spectacular act.