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The same model also occurs in Longton Hall porcelain of the so-called 'Snowman' type, see the pair of horses in the Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated by W B Honey, Old English Porcelain, pl.55B. A comparison of these with the present lot reveals that this example is 3cm longer and of a rather creamier paste, suggesting a reissue of the Longton Hall model.
Closely related models of reclining horses on flat, flower-encrusted bases are found in Staffordshire pottery with Whieldon type glazes and in white saltglaze. A pair with a lead glaze was exhibited by Jonathan Horne, 2002 catalogue, p.23, fig.02/18. A pair in white saltglaze is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection, illustrated by Edwards and Hampson, White Saltglazed Stoneware (2005), p.112, col. pl.83, shown alongside a related model in 'Snowman-type' white porcelain.