A rare pair of Napoleonic Bear jugs and covers c.1815-20, probably Scottish, one modelled as a Russian bear holding Napoleon Bonaparte tight between its paws, his mouth open to form a spout, the other unusually decorated in sponged umber and Portobello red, gripping a figure possibly depicting Marshal Ney, the bears with open mouths and protruding tongues, some damages and repairs, 27cm. (4) Jugs of this type were in production prior to Napoleon's defeat at the hands of the Russians and his subsequent exile, but the replacement of a bear cub with Napoleon and his staff would have caused much merriment in British taverns of the time.
A rare pair of Napoleonic Bear jugs and covers c.1815-20, probably Scottish, one modelled as a Russian bear holding Napoleon Bonaparte tight between its paws, his mouth open to form a spout, the other unusually decorated in sponged umber and Portobello red, gripping a figure possibly depicting Marshal Ney, the bears with open mouths and protruding tongues, some damages and repairs, 27cm. (4) Jugs of this type were in production prior to Napoleon's defeat at the hands of the Russians and his subsequent exile, but the replacement of a bear cub with Napoleon and his staff would have caused much merriment in British taverns of the time.
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