Figure of a Lion, 1845–55, Made in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Earthenware, Height: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Ceramics, John Bell (American, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 1800–1880), This figure of a lion is quite simply the icon of American folk art in clay. With its jaunty stance and naïve half-smile, it exhibits a high degree of charming playfulness and whimsy. Made by John Bell (1800–1880) of the Shenandoah Valley family of potters, this lion is one of only four earthenware examples known (and one of stoneware), all with history of ownership with members of the Bell family, suggesting that these special pieces were reserved for loved ones rather than for sale to a local market
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