A Pair of Late 19thC Naïve Terracotta Lions by Orr & Morris c.1870-90

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A Pair of Late 19thC Naïve Terracotta Lions by Orr & Morris c.1870-90Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 5. 5 Width: 5. 5 Depth: 15. 25 The attractive pair of opposing terracotta recumbent lions by Orr & Morris of Bolton, England, for positioning either side of an entrance way or mantlepiece, each with beautifully textured surfaces with remnants of old paint layers, stylised in the nave manner with flowing manes and paws to stepped plinth bases, surviving from the last

The paintings are apparently unsigned

208 and additionally an identical plate is shown in "Delftware in The Fitzwilliam Museum"

5 inches (at extremity)

5”Height: 6

such as the consecrated Eucharistic host during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Figure 351

Dean's was a British Publisher's set up in the Victorian era to manufacture Children's books

flora and other decoration

Hovering on its surface is Christ's visage -- the flesh solidly modeled and tangible

The eight day face with arch top and space for rolling moon wheel

Origin: Anglo-French

the middle for tuning and the last for the wave range