Object Detail
Description
figure of a Leopard supported by tree stump, painted decoration. moulded figure of a pacing leopard; likely to have been one of a pair, the figure faces to sinister with its head erect and left foreleg slightly lifted. The moulded landscaped base is enamelled with earthtone colours and features a central treestump which provided support for the figure during firing. The base and the figure moulded separately and repaired. Enamelled overglaze with orange, brown, black, flesh and red and with a single gold line across the front of the base. Enamelled in orange with stylised spots and patches, white paws, black claws. tail looped at the end. Illustrated by Anthony Oliver and recorded by him as a circus leopard. | Staffordshire figure which features a leopard, stood on ashaped base. Decorated mainly to the front. Vent hole to the reverse. cf Book reference,'Victorian Staffordshire figures 1835-1875' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding, page 265, figure 3104 and 3105.
Maker and role
manufacturer: unknown
Production place
Staffordshire potteries district, Staffordshire, England
Production date
circa 1870
Media description
earthenware, glazed
Measurements
178 x 68 x 177 mm
Inscriptions
Painted "L" mark in on-glaze red / brown on base, or possible "N
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0177
TJC reference number
200
