An Early 19thC Folk Art Painted Terracotta Model of a Lion c.1810 sub-Architectural & Garden after the Revolution had driven

after the Revolution had driven him in 1792 to Nancy

although they did also venture into northern Europe and along the Atlantic coast of West Africa

preserved in formaldehyde within cylindrical glass capsules

The plate does have some minor areas of wear

The estate was inherited by John's eldest surviving son Captain Robert Wright (1731-1803) and then by Robert's eldest son John Thomas Wright (died 1838)

An Early 19thC Folk Art Painted Terracotta Model of a Lion c.1810 sub-Architectural & Garden after the Revolution had drivenOrigin: UnknownPeriod: Early 19thCProvenance: The Sir Michael Codron Collection of LionsDate: c. 1800 25Width: 5Height: 6Depth: 2In original condition, the naively stylised hand painted terracotta lion, being free standing and with kindly facial features to a flowing stylised mane, the whole surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The condition is slightly tired which is part of its appeal with chipping to the paintwork as