This Prattware pottery horse figure is sponge-decorated in shades of pink and brown.
It was made at St. Anthony’s Pottery, located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, between 1800 and 1810.
The coat’s colors were created using oxides painted and covered in a clear glaze.
The figure features a hand-painted white and red saddle decorated with wavy light blue lines, a light brown “leather” strap, and a mane and tail painted midnight brown.
The horse stands on a green-mottled “grassy” base.
This charming figure has an elegant stance.
Dimensions: 7” long x 5.75” tall x 2.5” wide at the base
Condition: Some invisible professional restoration (perhaps inevitable on figures with such fragile legs).
Reference: A very similar Prattware horse with a grey sponged body was in the distinguished Sampson and Horne Collection, sold by Bonhams on 28 April 2010, lot 660.
Bonhams also cataloged another almost identical Prattware horse, circa 1800–1810, probably Newcastle, with a sponged coat, black mane and tail, colorful saddle-cloth, and green base. That horse had previously sold at Phillips, 12 June 1985, lot 125.