TWO STAFFORDSHIRE EARTHENWARE FIGURES OF SHEEP CIRCA 1790-1800

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

height of first 5 1/2 in.
14 cm

the first modeled as a ram standing on a high rocky base above a small recumbent lion on a ledge below, and the second as a ewe recumbent on an oval green-washed mound base. Together with a Pratt-type figure of a recumbent hound and a slip-decorated redware figure of a lion, circa 1800-10. First group lacking bocage, minor chips, and haircrack. 4 pieces.

Provenance

The ram and ewe: Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts