Figure, Lion

Date1755-1765

MediumEarthenware, lead-glazed, creamware

DimensionsH: 8"; W: 6"

Credit LineGift of Mr. Harry H. Coon

Object number2005-176

DescriptionStaffordshire tortoiseshell-glazed creamware figure of a lion modeled possibly after a Bow porcelain original, the menacing beast baring his pointed teeth, his tail curled between his legs and up over his left flank to his back, and standing foursquare on a rocky oval base, the whole splashed and streaked in manganese brown.
ProvenancePurchased from David Newbon, London, England

Previously owned by Harry H. Coon of Glenview, IL