Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 76
A RARE FOLK ART BROWN STONEWARE SALTGLAZED POTTERY FLATBACK LION
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000
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Description
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.