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Lot 9 JULIANS PARK, HERTFORDSHIRE

A LEEDS PEARLWARE MODEL OF A HORSE

CIRCA 1810-20

Closed31 December 2025

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GBP 10,000–15,000

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A LEEDS PEARLWARE MODEL OF A HORSE
CIRCA 1810-20
Its body sponged in blue, on a rectangular base with canted corners
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) long

Acquired by Mrs Audrey Field (née James; later Mrs Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie) by 1938; photographed in the library at The Holme, by Cecil Beaton, circa 1937.

Specialist note


Dealers in equestrian feed, medicine and tack used large pottery horses, like the ones seen here, in their display windows to draw in customers. Traditionally all called ‘Leeds Horses’, now only pearlware models are thought to have been made by the Leeds factory itself. Examples can be found in the Leeds City Museum, the Yorkshire Museum and the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum.