A handsome pair of English Staffordshire pottery decorative animal sculptures, finely modeled and colored as lions with recumbent lambs.
Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.

Denoted as rare among collectors, the pair commemorates the visit to Great Britain of American lion tamer Isaac van Amburgh in the 1840s where he caused a sensation with his spectacular act.

Priced as a pair - $4,950 the pair.

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19th Century English Staffordshire Lions with Lambs (Priced as a Pair)

$4,950

H 6.75 in. x W 5 in. x D 2.25 in.

Inventory Number: V2160

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A handsome pair of English Staffordshire pottery decorative animal sculptures, finely modeled and colored as lions with recumbent lambs.
Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.

Denoted as rare among collectors, the pair commemorates the visit to Great Britain of American lion tamer Isaac van Amburgh in the 1840s where he caused a sensation with his spectacular act.

Priced as a pair - $4,950 the pair.