Walton Staffordshire Pearlware Bocage Lion Figure

pre-Victorian, circa 1830. 6.3ins high, 5.1ins wide, 3.3ins depth.

Walton Staffordshire Pottery pearlware bocage figure which features a crowned lion with a ball under it's foot, recumbent on an oval base.

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

Maker's marks Walton molded ribbon.

Book reference ,'English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840' by Pat Halfpenny, page 277.

Condition

Generally good. Missing bocage branch behind lion's head.

Some tiny flakes to his mane, crown, ball, paws, rock and bocage.

KILN EFFECTS: touch mark to the ground;

fleck of stray coloured green glaze to his mane.

RESTORATION: Retouched 'stump' where missing branch would be.

Retouched chipped leaves.

Retouched flakes to ground and lion's leg.

Remodelled tail.

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