ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE ANDROCLES AND THE LION CERAMIC FIGURAL GROUP, oval base, having polychrome hand-painted decoration, featuring a figure wearing a tunic, lifting right hand to hold the left paw of lion sitting on rock above water. Second half 19th century. 10 1/2" HOA.
Having some minor hairlines, mostly to back and underside, with moderate crazing and minor losses to enamel decoration. Having some firing separations, as made.
Literature: Parallels Harding - Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835-1875, Book Two p. 302, fig. 3346 right.
Provenance: From the James Dunn collection, Springfield, VT.

Having some minor hairlines, mostly to back and underside, with moderate crazing and minor losses to enamel decoration. Having some firing separations, as made.