- 588
A Staffordshire pearlware group of a Savoyard and dancing bear circa 1825-30
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- POTTERY
- height 8 1/2 in.
- 21.6 cm
the bear and trainer modelled standing on either side of a miniature lion before a flowering bocage on a scroll-molded mound base.
Provenance
Property of Lady Oranmore, Bonham's London, November 2, 1994, lot 203
Condition
The lion has been broken through all four legs just above the paws and restuck; the club or stick held in the right hand of the Savoyard is missing and the rope from his left hand to the right forepaw of the bear is also missing; some minor chips and losses to the flowers of the bocage.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Similar groups are illustrated in Pat Halfpenny, Circus and Sport, English Earthenware Figures 1780-1840, p. 19, no. 11, and Myrna Schkolne, People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures - Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835, pp. 117 and 121. Another group, formerly in the collection of Hope McCormick and illustrated in Emily Manheim, Selections from the Hope McCormick Collection of Staffordshire Pottery, p, 90, pl. 38, was sold at Christie's New York, January 21, 2003, lot 11; and a group from the Estate of S. Carter Burden was sold in these rooms, October 26, 2002, lot 1531.