'The Bull' a large Hammersmith Bridge stoneware figure by Harold Stabler

'The Bull' a large Hammersmith Bridge stoneware figure by Harold Stabler, dated 1914, modelled as two young children riding on the back of a bull, on waisted octagonal base, glazed in colours impressed Hammersmith Bridge mark and incised inscription, paper collection and exhibition label, 33cm. high, 32.5cm. wide

Provenance

The Albert E Wade Collection, Sotheby's 8th November 2002, lot 191.

The Redstone Collection.

Exhibited

London Ceramic Circle, 2014.

Literature

British Art & Design 1900-1960, Victoria & Albert Museum, page 68 & 69 for a comparable example illustrated. An example, made in lead, was exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society at the Royal Academy in 1916.

Leslie Hayward and Paul Atterbury Poole Pottery, Richard Dennis Publications, page 40 for a comparable Poole Pottery example illustrated. This model was exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Society exhibitions in 1916 and 1924.