Figure (Lion)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Lyman, Fenton & Co. (Bennington) (Maker)

    Daniel Greatbatch (Possible modeler)

  • Place of Origin:

    Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1849-1852

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (buff-colored); Lead glaze (Rockingham type)

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Stamped (impressed), Extruded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1967.1874


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1967.1874

Object Name

Figure (Lion)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Lyman, Fenton & Co. (Bennington) (Maker)

Daniel Greatbatch (Possible modeler)

Place of Origin

Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

Date

1849-1852

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed circle bordered by "Lyman, Fenton & Co./ BENNINGTON, Vt." and, across center, "Fenton's/ ENAMEL,/PATENTED/ 1849.".

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Earthenware (buff-colored); Lead glaze (Rockingham type)

Techniques

Molded, Stamped (impressed), Extruded

Dimensions (inches)

9.3 (H) , 10.8 (L) , 5.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.622 (H) , 27.432 (L) , 14.986 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
Very similar example to 1967.1873: pp. 58-59, no. 47, with same mark on uunderside. Flint enamel glaze on yellow ware body.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
Nearly identical (mirror image) model with different sponged ornament: August 14-16, 2015 sale, lot 31, impressed Lyman Fenton & Co. 1849 mark, 1949-58
[Book] Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
Related examples: p. 196, pl. 53.
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
Color-glazed pearlware pair & enameled single after same design source, with info: pp. 275, 340-41, nos. 195 a&b, Staffordshire, c. 1785.
[Book] Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 2.
Late creamware version: p. 612, no. 1072
[Book] Miller, J. Jefferson. 1974 English Yellow-Glazed Earthenware.
Yellow ware pair of similar figures: p. 79, col. pl. L, early 19th century.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
Copper luster pair after same inspiration: July 31-August 2, 2009, lot 1388, c. 1820
[Article] Goldberg, Arthur F. 2003 Highlights in the Development of the Rockingham and Yellow Ware Industry in the United States--A Brief Review with Representative Examples. Ceramics in America. 26-46.
Similar object p. 33, fig.11.
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
Nearly identical Fenton figure illustrated in September 26, 2008 catalogue, p.9, cat.no. 28.
[Web Site] MAAS (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences), Power House Museum. Stoneware Lion Figure. MAAS (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences), Power House Museum 2021 https://collection.maas.museum/object/90410
Glazed brown stoneware (or earthenware?) lion figure with paw on ball: Adelaide Potteries, Ltd., Brompton, South Australia, 1910-50, somewhat crudely executed.