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Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Leopard Figure Samuel Alcock & Co. Circa 1835
About the Item
This antique porcelain figure of a leopard is small but ferocius.
It is modeled grappling with a piece of meat in its jaws while recumbent on a rocky base that is picked out in green and edged with a gilt line.
The leopard's coat is washed in yellow with black markings,
It was made by Samuel Alcock in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, circa 1835.
Alcock was renowned for producing fine-quality porcelain animals, and this leopard figure is one his finest creations.
It is a little gem!
Dimensions: 3.5 inches long x 1.8" wide x 2" tall
Marks: an impressed factory mark and # "256."
Condition: Excellent
Price: $780
Ref: Geoffrey Godden illustrates a very similar pair of leopards, noting the excellent quality of the porcelain and coloring, in his chapter on Alcock in Staffordshire Porcelain (1983), p.308, fig.471.
Also Ref:D G Rice English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century pg. 180, where Rice states,"...Yellow with black spots, recumbent on a rocky green base edged with a gilt line,... eating a piece of meat."
Background: Samuel Alcock (1799–1848) was an English pottery manufacturer who operated as Samuel Alcock & Co in Burslem, Staffordshire. In 1828, Alcock developed his own business and began work on the Hill Top site in Cobridge, Burslem.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a group of the company's designs in watercolor.
- Creator:Samuel Alcock & Co. (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 2 in (5.08 cm)Width: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)Depth: 1.8 in (4.58 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1835
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- Seller Location:Katonah, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: SKU000010311stDibs: LU866540530812
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