Pair of Painted Chalkware Lions

A Pennsylvania painted chalkware cat, circa second half 19th century. These pieces usually painted by German-American folk artisans from Lancaster to Philadelphia were made to be a more accessible household ornament than expensive Staffordshire ceramics. They are more rare today due to their fragile gypsum composition. In the later part of the 19th century and into the 20th century these figures became popular as carnival prizes...

Charming figure of a spaniel cast from Staffordshire ceramic molds and handpainted in water-based pigments. Chalkware is made from plaster of Paris and was used to create inexpensive...

Vintage Italian chalkware painted sculpture / statue in the shape of a Chinese guardian lion / foo dog, standing on a pedestal or stool. Signed a...

Vintage midcentury Northwestern 1950s reproduction in Chalkware of a famous museum TOTEM carving sculpture. Dia: 3½ x H: 10 in.

Painted lion doorstop

Mid-19th century pair of French painted and glazed terracotta lions grasping oval Fleur De Lis shields while resting on shaped plinths. Circa 1840. Sculptures of lions were often ...