Pratt colored pottery figure of a muzzled bear cub circa 1800 England

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£6850

Dated: 1800 Staffordshire England

A rare pottery figure of a bear cub modeled standing on all fours, muzzled and tethered to a capstan on a  green oblong base. The figure is a significant size and is intensely decorated in Pratt colors. Bear baiting was a popular "entertainment" from Elizabethan times until it was banned in England in 1835. The figure is an exceptional example of expressive vitality and represents the social significance of bear baiting in the period. It retains the paper labels of the late Jonathan Horne, the London ceramics dealer.

Dimensions: 7.5 inches high 10 inches long

Current Condition: Restored hairline crack at one rim of base

Provenance: Previously with Jonathan Horne London and then the famous Stanley J. Seeger Collection England

£6850    $9247

Description

A rare pottery figure of a bear cub modeled standing on all fours, muzzled and tethered to a capstan on a  green oblong base. The figure is a significant size and is intensely decorated in Pratt colors. Bear baiting was a popular “entertainment” from Elizabethan times until it was banned in England in 1835. The figure is an exceptional example of expressive vitality and represents the social significance of bear baiting in the period.

It retains the paper labels of the late Jonathan Horne, the London ceramics dealer.

Additional information

Dimensions 10 × 7.5 in