STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY FIGURE GROUP WITH DANCING BEAR

Reference: 6497

Dated: c. 1820 Staffordshire

Antique English Staffordshire pottery figure group of a standing savoyard with his performing bear and lion. The figure is well modelled and decorated in bright enamels, the figure has the classic bocage feature.

Dimensions: 9.00 inch high

Medium: antique staffordshire pearlware figures pottery ceramic

Current Condition Some restorations.

Literature: Myrna Schkolne Book, People,Passions,Pastimes and Pleasures, Staffordshire figures 1810-35.
Page 121 illustrates a similar figure and a detailed view is given of the place of these figures in the social and historical context of the late Georgian period.

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