A British, Leeds Pottery Pearlware model of a Horse, Circa 1830
Length: 12 ½ ins. (31.7 cms.)
Width: 7 ½ ins. (19 cms.)
Literature
See discussion and an example of a similarly modelled horse in Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840 (1991), p. 126 Pat Halfpenny described them as "amongst the most striking figures ever made.
An early example signed ‘LP’ for Leeds Pottery with similar vine band but in puce around the base is in Colonial Williamsburg, VA (1984-218).
Also: The Leeds Museums and Art Galleries, Temple Newsam.
See also: Griselda Lewis, “A Collector’s History of English Pottery”, p. 123
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