Lot 173 , A porcelain figure of an elephant attributed to Davenport and a Staffordshire porcelain zebra, c.1830-40, L. 8cm

A porcelain figure of an elephant attributed to Davenport and a Staffordshire porcelain zebra, c.1830-40, the pale fawn-coloured elephant, on a green and gilt rectangular base, the zebra on oval mound base, L. 8cm
Estimate £150-250

cf. D. G. Rice, English Porcelain Animals of the 19th century, colour plate 35b and figure 155

The elephant has losses to the tips of both tusks and a double splinter chip on one corner of the base, there is some slight wear to the gilding and there is some slight brown discolouration to the elephant and some black speckling to the base, otherwise in reasonable condition and the accompanying figure of a zebra has restoration to both ears, an overglaze firing crack to the front of the base and a small splinter chip to the edge of the base, otherwise in good condition


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Sold for £480