Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 78
A STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY FLATBACK FIGURE OF THE 'LION SLAYER'
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £100
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Description
A STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY FLATBACK FIGURE OF THE 'LION SLAYER'
MID-19TH CENTURY
depicting Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, in Highland dress, standing on a rock, holding the paw of the lion in his right hand, titled
42.7cm high, 21cm wide
Provenance
The Sir Michael Codron Collection of Lions.
Catalogue Note
See P. D. Gordon Pugh, 'Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era', p.516, fig.9, for a similar figure by Sampson-Smith.