63. Royal Coat of Arms

Enamel-painted Figures

antique Staffordshire pottery, antique Staffordshire figure, pearlware figure, Walton, lion, pearlware, Myrna Schkolne
63.12a.
early Staffordshire figure, pearlware figure, bocage, Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire unicorn
63.14a.
63.12a. This lion is like that in 63.12 but this example has the WALTON mark on the reverse. This bocage is unusual and is found only on a handful of figures. I have also recorded it on a Widow with the WALTON mark. I am confident that all figures with this bocage can be attributed to John Walton. Courtesy Woolley & Wallis, December 2020.
This unicorn is like that shown in 63.14, but the base is different. Courtesy Mears and Boyer.
antique Staffordshire pottery, Staffordshire figure, Walton, pearlware, royal coat of arms, lion, unicorn, myrna schkolne
​63.3a. Impressed "WALTON" and made by John Walton. The marbling on the base, usually black, is otherwise here. Marbling in this palette is found on other fine figures that are of Walton quality, and, while I have no proof, I associate them with Walton, perhaps in the earlier stages of his long career. (c) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
63.16-17. The discovery of 63.16, below,--a Royal Coat of Arms container, complete with stopper--raises issues. Presumably figures 63.1 and 63.3 also once had stoppers--and it would seem that the Walton containers shown in 63.3 and 63.3a would have had them too. But what was the purpose of such containers? They really aren't suitable for use as either a vase of a bottle. so perhaps they were simply decorative.

antique Staffordshire pottery, Staffordshire figure, Walton, pearlware, royal coat of arms, lion, unicorn, myrna schkolne
63.16. Royal Coat of Arms container with stopper
antique Staffordshire pottery, Staffordshire figure, Walton, pearlware, royal coat of arms, lion, unicorn, myrna schkolne
63.17. Stopper from the container in the previous image.