Royal Porcelain: A lying lion of biscuit after Thorvaldsen model

with the Royal Danish Porcelain mark from 1820 - 50 after Thorvaldsen's figure A reclining lion, which he modeled in Rome in 1825.
In the factory's catalog from 1854, the lion is offered in four sizes, namely 10.5, 12.5, 15.5 and 16.5 cm.

As early as 1824, the Royal Porcelain Manufactory issued bisque portrait busts modeled after Thorvaldsen's busts of Frederik VI and Prince Christian Frederik (later Christian VIII).
Actual biscuit production did not really get underway until the late 1830s and the opening of Thorvaldsen's Museum in Copenhagen in 1848 increased interest in Thorvaldsen's work.
The Bing & Grondahl porcelain factory, which opened in 1853, followed in the footsteps of the Royal Porcelain Factory and also had a range of bisque objects based on Thorvaldsen's models.

Biscuit is unglazed porcelain.

Height: 8 cm

Source: Bredo Grandjean Biscuit after Thorvaldsen published by Thorvaldsens Museum 1978