Staffordshire pottery pearlware bocage figure group of a Savoyard with a bear and lion.

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£3750

Dated: 1820 Staffordshire

A Staffordshire pottery pearlware bocage-type figure group of a Savoyard performing with a dancing bear and a lion. This example is from the Patriot Group of figures and is one of the best of its type, with fine attention to detail and quality enamel decoration. The modeling of the figures, the Savoyard, the bear, and especially the lion, and the decoration on the base are exceptional.

Dimensions: 9.5 inches high

Current Condition: Professional restoration to top of bocage, lion re-attached, Savoyards slap stick .

Literature: Chapter 11 volume 3 Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840 by Myrna Schkolne and published by Schiffer.

£3750    $5062

Description

A Staffordshire pottery pearlware bocage-type figure group of a Savoyard performing with a dancing bear and a lion.

This example is from the Patriot Group of figures and is one of the best of its type, with fine attention to detail and quality enamel decoration. The modeling of the figures, the Savoyard, the bear, and especially the lion, and the decoration on the base are exceptional.

Additional information

Dimensions 9.5 in