Fake. That's the first one that comes to my mind. Below is a figure currently listed on eBay as a "rare Staffordshire Leopard group c1830."
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-STAFFORDSHIRE-LEOPARD-GROUP-FIGURE-C1830_W0QQitemZ320431107398QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiques_Decorative_Arts?hash=item4a9b2ead46&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Bidding starts at $150
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-STAFFORDSHIRE-LEOPARD-GROUP-FIGURE-C1830_W0QQitemZ320431107398QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiques_Decorative_Arts?hash=item4a9b2ead46&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Bidding starts at $150
Nasty beasty, is it not? The back and base are worse...but each to his own taste, as long as the figure is represented correctly. This figure is typical of a recent batch of reproduction figures supposedly made in Asia.
PS. Read my correspondence with the seller by clicking onto the BELIEVE IT OR NOT tab at the top of this page.
PS. Read my correspondence with the seller by clicking onto the BELIEVE IT OR NOT tab at the top of this page.
