Pair of Victorian Staffordshire pottery figures of lions with cubs.

Reference: 6334

Dated: c. 1850 Staffordshire

Pair of antique Victorian pottery figures of a lion and lioness with cubs.
There is an amusing and rather comical snake sliding along in the tree at which both protective parents are snarling at. One of the cubs appears to be waving back but this is probably my whimsical take on this figure.

Dimensions: 11.50 inch high

Medium: Victorian Staffordshire pottery

Current Condition Unrestored

Provenance: Rev. Bloomfield Collection

Literature: Harding and harding Book 2 Victorian Staffordshire Figures.
Figure references 3021 and 3022

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