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Shepherdess
Potter:
Wood, Ralph, II
(Probably)
Potter:
Wood, Ralph, III
Lead-glazed earthenware figure
History note: F. Smiths (?), Blackpool; Alfred Harburn, MPS, Bishop Auckland; John Henry Taylor (1849-1930); sold Sotheby's, 14th November 1930, lot 587. Catalogue of the Valuable Collections of English Pottery & Porcelain, Glass, Objects of Vertu and Furniture, the Property of the late John Henry Taylor, Esq., Newstead, Birstall, Leicestershire
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 15.9 cm
5.6
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Method of acquisition: Bought (1930-11-14) by Sotheby's
18th Century, Late
Circa
1787
-
Circa
1801
Probably made by Ralph Wood II, or possibly his son Ralph Wood III. Or perhaps by Ralph II's brother, John Wood
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( clear blue tinted, and blue, green, yellow, pale manganese-brown, pale greenish-brown, and dark brown)
Base
Width 5 cm
cream Earthenware
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with clear blue tinted, and blue, green, yellow, pale manganese-brown, pale greenish-brown, and dark brown lead glazes. The figure is unglazed and hollow underneath. The shepherdess stands on a brown rocky base with a green flower on the front. She stands with her feet slightly apart facing towards the viewer. She holds a blue spotted bundle in her left hand, and has her right hand raised to hold her crook (missing). She wears a green hat, a blue stomacher, a green open robe over a white petticoat, and dark brown shoes.
Inscription present: circular white paper label for a pill box printed in black with hand-written inscription above
Accession number: C.35-1930
Primary reference Number: 74642
Glaisher Addition number: GL.Add.9-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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