Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 80
A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY LION AND LAMB GROUPS
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £2200
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Description
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.