An Early 19thC Polychrome Painted Terracotta Figure of a Lion c.1800-10 sub-Curios wearing a faux-pearl necklace and

wearing a faux-pearl necklace and surviving from the first quarter of the twentieth century

The lines of this piece are very much of the period

skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills

Bryce lived in Harrow and later in Burford

An Early 19thC Polychrome Painted Terracotta Figure of a Lion c.1800-10 sub-Curios wearing a faux-pearl necklace andOrigin: Italian Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 10 Width: 6 Height: 6. 25 Depth: 3 In original condition, the hand painted terracotta lion painted in an nave style, to an integral oval base, the whole being beautifully timeworn and surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The condition is tired which is part of its appeal with chipping to the paintwork as photographed, though importantly there is no restoration