19th-Century English Antique Salt-Glazed Stoneware Lion's Head Fountain Mask, circa 1820-1880

19th-Century English Antique Salt-Glazed Stoneware Lion's Head Fountain Mask, circa 1820-1880A handsome and characterful press moulded stoneware lion's head fountain mask, covered throughout in the rich, mottled treacle brown and ochre salt glaze that is the hallmark of the great Midlands stoneware potteries most likely Brampton of Chesterfield or the Denby kilns of Derbyshire. The lion is modelled with considerable vigour and confidence, the mane rendered in bold, deeply impressed locks, framing a powerfully expressive face with wide set