Description
This Staffordshire pottery hollow-based figure of a lion was made during the Napoleonic wars and reflected the patriotic mood of the British.
The lion is a symbol associated with the British, and the figure is modeled appropriately with the face of William Pitt, the Prime Minister, as the lion’s majestic head.
The decoration on the creamware-type body is underglazed with oxides of ochre, brown, and grey.