Pair of Wood & Caldwell Earthenware Lions

Description:

Pair of Wood & Caldwell Earthenware Lions, England, c. 1815, overglaze enamel painted decoration, impressed marks, ht. 3 1/2, 4 in.

Literature: Similar illustrated in Staffordshire Figures 1780 to 1840, volume III, by M. Schkolne, figures 126.108, 126.109.
Estimate $400-600

One with a 1/2" chip to a back corner; each with flaking to the brown enamel base


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