Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 139
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE POTTERY BEAR-BAITING GROUP
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE POTTERY BEAR-BAITING GROUP
IN THE MANNER OF OBADIAH SHERRAT, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
modelled with a troubadour leading a chained dancing bear, accompanied by a lion, with flowering bocage and on a leaf scroll base
22.2cm high
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
See Myrna Schkolne, 'People, Pastimes and Pleasures', p.117 for a similar figure.