Staffordshire Pearlware bocage lion figure

Victorian, circa 1840. 5.2ins high, 3.9ins wide, 2.8ins depth. Walton Staffordshire pearlware bocage figure which features a lion
in front of a flowering tree, recumbent on a shaped scroll work base.



Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.









Maker's marks Walton molded ribbon.

Condition

CONDITION: Good.

Some small flakes to bocage







and blue scroll to base.





Flake to lions mane.



Slight wear to bocage at reverse.



KILN EFFECTS: shrinkage crack to base of tree at reverse;



touch mark to base front;



kiln detritus caught in the glaze to right ear.



RESTORATION: bocage is 95% original, with a few filled chips to flowers and leaves;







retouched flakes to base at reverse.





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