Antique Staffordshire Style Zebra Figure – Hand Painted Ceramic Animal Ornament (c. late 19th Century) old toys The helmet is constructed with

The helmet is constructed with a leather outer shell over a cork core and retains its original leather headband

who applied their own name to the dial while fitting imported movements

The leopard’s head London town mark is faint but visible

Three miniature Scottish Strathearn Glass paper weights c1970

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Antique Staffordshire Style Zebra Figure – Hand Painted Ceramic Animal Ornament (c. late 19th Century) old toys The helmet is constructed withAntique Staffordshire style ceramic zebra figure, hand painted in black and white with linear striping and modelled standing on a green painted base. The figure follows the traditional English animal ornament form popular in the 19th century, often produced for mantel or shelf display. The modelling is nave and expressive, typical of Staffordshire animal figures of the period rather than later factory refined ceramics. Decoration is hand applied, with