A British, Leeds Pottery Pearlware model of a Horse, Circa 1830
Height:: 17 ¼ ins. (43.8 cms.)
Length: 12 ½ ins. (31.7 cms.)
Width: 7 ½ ins. (19 cms.)
Length: 12 ½ ins. (31.7 cms.)
Width: 7 ½ ins. (19 cms.)
Item No. 1993
A British, Leeds Pottery Pearlware model of a Horse, painted with a tan coat and brown mane with tail whisked between the hind legs standing on a green sponged stepped...
A British, Leeds Pottery Pearlware model of a Horse, painted with a tan coat and brown mane with tail whisked between the hind legs standing on a green sponged stepped base bordered in pink with blue vines and black band borders painted along the sides. The horse wears a blue lead and bridle embellished in red.
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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