A large Staffordshire figure 'The Lion Slayer', circa 1860, ...

Hammer

£70

A large Staffordshire figure 'The Lion Slayer', circa 1860, modelled as an impressive bearded figure in Scottish Highland dress standing on a rock and clasping a lion carcass in his right hand and a saber in his left, possibly depicting the notorious Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, polychrome enamel painted with gilded details, figure positioned on a naturalistic, ovoid, gilt-lined base bearing 'THE LION SLAYER' in gilt lettering, 41.5cm high. Note: Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming (1820 – 1866) was a Scottish traveller and sportsman, known as the "lion hunter". The story of his exploits is vividly told in his book, Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, 1851. In the same year, Gordon-Cumming exhibited his collection of hunting trophies at the Great Exhibition.