126. Lions etc.

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Enamel-painted Figures

126.2a. Impressed WEDGWOOD, the mark of Ralph Wedgwood. Courtesy The Potomack Company.

126.4a.

126.4b. Courtesy eBay seller lakegrey.

126.6a. Like other lions shown in Volume 4 but with differently decoration.

126.9a.

126.9b. Courtesy Chiswick Auctions.

126.12a. Note the little lion reclining on the base.

126.16a. Courtesy Crane Gallery.

126.17a. Like 126.17 but decorated with silver luster and again marked with Benjamin Plant of Lane End's mark.

126.19a. Attributed to "Sherratt". Like 126.19 but on a typical Sherratt clawed base, which is usually painted brown.

126.19b. Attributed to "Sherratt." This is the famous Roran Lion on the traditional brown-clawed table base.

126.19c. Like previous "Sherratt" lions in the 126.19 series but titled and on a different base. Courtesy Woolley & Wallis.

126.20a. A "Sherratt" Roran lion. The Death of Munrow is shown in Vol. 3 on the same base, so these were intended, I believe, as companion groups. If you know the whereabouts of this group, please email me.

126.20b. Courtesy John Howard.

126.30a. Companion to 126.30 and titled THe LION. Attributed to "Sherratt".

126.32a. At first glance this pair of lions might be thought to be "Sherratt," but to the sharp eye the colors and glazes are not quite right for "Sherratt." Sure enough, one is marked beneath "W.B.-C Staffordshire." Courtesy Eldreds.

126.32b. The mark on one of the lions in the previous image. Godden notes this mark (with an ampersand instead of a dash) is on an underglaze blue Willow platter and speculates it relates to W. Bourne & Co. of the Bell Works, Burslem, 1812-1818. Courtesy Eldreds.

126.45a. Courtesy Rosebery's.

126.59a. The same model as 126.58 and 59 but on a different base. Perhaps from the same pot bank that made 126.115a, below.

126.52a. The lion Nero. Made in Scotland.

126.60a. Like the models shown in 126.59-60 but a true pair.

126.69a. I have only previously recorded this lion model facing right, as shown in 126.69, but recently found this pair in an old photo in my archive.

126.73a. Attributed to Patriotic Group. Like previous example but with cilantro bocage fronds.

126.69a. The lion on the left is like that in 126.69. The lion on the right is the only example I know of, and, unfortunately, its bocage is heavily restored. The pair went through auction, and then the trade split them. The good lion (left) (left) changed hands but the fate of his mate (right) is unknown. Courtesy Skinner..

126.76a. Attributed to Patriotic Group. Like 126.76 but not the turquoise enamels found on similar groups made by this pot bank, notably 126.73-74.

126.73b.. Attributed to the Patriotic Group. Courtesy Polka Dot Antiques.

126.84a.

126.84a. Courtesy Bonhams

126.84b. Courtesy John Howard.

126.84c. Courtesy the National Trust.

126.85a. Attributed to "Sherratt."

126.85b. Like 126.80 and following and perhaps, best I can tell from this picture, attributable to "Sherratt". Companion t o the following lion.

126.85c. Best I can tell from this picture, perhaps attributable to "Sherratt". Companion to the previous leopard.

126.91a. Attributed to John Dale.

126.94a. Courtesy John Howard.

26.109a. Like 26.108, 26.109 but here the left facing lion is impressed WOOD & CALDWELL beneath,. Courtesy John Howard.

126.150

126.130a. Possibly made by Ralph Wood, who made this model decorated with colored glazes (see below). Also, the bocage leaves are consistent with a Wood attribution, as is the overall color palette.

126.111a. Impressed WALTON. Flowers of this form are not otherwise recorded on marked Walton groups. There is restoration to the bocages, so perhaps to the flowers too.

126.112a. Like the pair in 126.112 but the prey beneath the leopard's paw is much larger. Courtesy Brian Haughton Gallery.

126.115a. Perhaps from the same pot bank that made 126.59a, shown above. This figure has also been recorded paired with a unicorn, as in the following picture. Courtesy eBay seller risque.

126.115b. Lion with companion unicorn.

126.124a. Like 126.124 but a pair.

126.130b. Bocage lost.

126.139a. Like 126.39 but with a hunting pattern on the surround. Courtesy Kevin Stafford.

126.151

126.152. Not sure what went wrong here. Bad picture or misfired enamels...or perhaps underglaze colors? The base is of a form that I recognize, but the feline is otherwise unrecorded.

126.153 Courtesy Andrew Dando.

26.154. Courtesy Tennants.

126.155. Like 126.154 but decorated differently.

126.157. Also in the Addendum to Vol. 4. Courtesy John Howard.

126.158. Courtesy eBay seller theonlineauctionsale.

126.159. Co7urtesy eBay seller livingstoneantiques.

126.160. Unsure if this is decorated with enamels or under the glaze....the former, I think. Courtesy Potomack Company.

126.159. Note the lion below decorated under the glaze but apparently made from the same molds. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

126.160. Courtesy Aldefer Auctions.

126.161. Incised beneath "John Smith." Courtesy the Ohio Company.

126.162. Courtesy eBay seller katja2.

126.163. H: 7", W: 8.5 in. Courtesy 1stdibs.

126.164. Courtesy Tayler & Fletcher.

126.165. Courtesy eBay seller katja.

126.166. Courtesy auctionninja.

126.167. Courtesy 2012ian77 on eBay.

126.168. Courtesy eBay.

26.169. Courtesy John Howard

126. 171. Courtesy John Howard

126.158. This group can be attributed to "Sherratt." Both figures and the base are found in other "Sherratt" groups. For a full explanation www.mystaffordshirefigures.com/blog/sherratt-pearlware-groups.
Photo (c) Christie's

126.148. This example is marked FELL.

126.149. In 126.145, I refer to this watch stand with the Fell mark. Here it is. Courtesy John Howard.

watch stand, antique Staffordshire pottery, lion, pearlware watch stand, Fell, Myrna Schkolne

26.150. The enamels on this watch stand are stunning, and the motif atop the pediment differs from that on other similar watch stands shown here. The watch may well be original to the stand. Courtesy Reeman Dansie.

25.151. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Figures Decorated with Underglaze Colors or with Glazes Only

Attributed to Ralph Wood. Courtesy John Howard.

Attributed to Ralph Wood.(c) The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Attributed to Ralph Wood. Courtesy Skinner Auctions.

Attributed to Ralph Wood. Magnificent! (c) Bonhams.

Probably made by Ralph Wood. Courtesy Gary Atkins.

Made by Ralph Wood and impressed "R.WOOD". Courtesy Sothebys. lot 18, 19 Nov 2002.

Attributed to Ralph Wood and impressed "32". Courtesy Halls Fine Art.

Attributed to Ralph Wood. Courtesy Bonhams.

Probably made by Ralph Wood. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Probably made in Scotland. Length 37.5 cms. Courtesy Bonhams.

Courtesy Richard Winterton Auctons

Don't you just love that face. (c) The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

The theme of the lion and the lamb. (c) Bonhams.

Courtesy Nestegg Antiques.

Notice 126.159 above apparently from the same molds and decorated with enamel colors. (c) Christie's

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.

Courtesy Sotheby's from Lewis's "Pratt Ware," second edition.

In The Potteries Museum from Lewis's "Pratt Ware," second edition.

Courtesy Bonhams

From the Oliver Sutton sale, Christie's, October 200. (c) Christie's.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Impressed "WALTON" and colored under the glaze. This is the only recorded Walton figure decorated thus. The bocage was lost in manufacture. Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.

Courtesy Roger DeVille

In the Tittensor style, but there is no basis for attributing these. The bocage leaves do not match those on any of the known marked Tittensore figures. (c) Bonhams.

A lion with a William Pitt face. (c) Bonhams.

Courtesy Nestegg Antiques.

Courtesy Christie's South Kensington, April 8, 1999, lot 67.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Andrew Dando.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

At most 9.5 cm across. Courtesy Tennants.

Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy rosiesemporiumantiquesshrewsbury on eBay.

Courtesy Bonhams

Courtesy Fieldings

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Creamware body. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Lion and lioness. H: 1.9". Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Made in Scotland, Courtesy George Haggarty.

Incised "John Smith" beneath. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Made at the Pill Pottery, South Wales. H: 7.5 inches. Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Pridhams.

Flatback

Flatback. Courtesy Dore & Rees.

Length 3.5". Courtesy John Howard.

Creamware lion on a brown glazed base. Length 9.75 inches. Courtesy John Howard.

Length 8 inches. Courtesy John Howard.

Initially, I thought that the group below of a lion devouring a man might relate to other groups depicting the menagerie deaths that were reported in 1834. In that incident, a lion and tiger were alleged to have escaped and killed four people. You can read all about it and see the figures in Volume 3. The spanner in the works here is that the man's cap is inscribed GR, suggesting that this lion group was made sometime in the reign of King George. The era of the King Georges ended in 1830, when George IV died, so this group was likely made before 1830.

Staffordshire pottery figure, antique STAFFORDSHIRE, PRATT WARE, LION, MYRNA SCHKOLNE

Courtesy Bonhams.

Others

Made by the "Pill Pottery" circa 1835. The body is an orange-red clay covered with a lighter slip and a clear glaze. Courtesy John Howard.