A Carter's Poole Pottery Lion paperweight

A Carter's Poole Pottery Lion paperweight, modelled as a lion, lying, holding a shield with an Art Nouveau flower motif, glazed green unsigned 11.3cm. wide

Provenance

The Redstone Collection.

Literature

Leslie Hayward and Paul Atterbury, Poole Pottery, Richard Dennis Publications, page 28 for a comparable example advertising Carter tiles.

Jennifer Haskins The Poole Potteries Barrie & Jenkins, page 36 for a comparable example illustrated (V&A Collection) where compared to the Lion Sejant designed by Alfred Stevens for the British Museum railings.