A PAIR OF ENGLISH PEARLWARE MODELS OF A LION AND LIONESS
CIRCA 1800, YORKSHIRE OR STAFFORDSHIRE
Finely modelled and standing to left and right, each with their tail arched over their flank, the lion with his left forepaw resting on a blue sphere, the lioness with her right forepaw on a similar sphere, their ochre bodies with brown manes and tufts to their tails and with dark brown claws, their finely dimpled muzzles each with an open jaw revealing teeth and a yellow tongue, each on a green-washed rectangular base moulded with stylised foliage, lioness with tail restored, both with tongues restored, both with very slight chipping to bases
Each about 15 in. (38 cm.) wide (2)
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PEARLWARE MODELS OF A LION AND LIONESS
CIRCA 1800, YORKSHIRE OR STAFFORDSHIRE
Finely modelled and standing to left and right, each with their tail arched over their flank, the lion with his left forepaw resting on a blue sphere, the lioness with her right forepaw on a similar sphere, their ochre bodies with brown manes and tufts to their tails and with dark brown claws, their finely dimpled muzzles each with an open jaw revealing teeth and a yellow tongue, each on a green-washed rectangular base moulded with stylised foliage, lioness with tail restored, both with tongues restored, both with very slight chipping to bases
Each about 15 in. (38 cm.) wide (2)
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