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Sailor's Lass: C.38-1930

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sailor's Lass

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware figure of a woman decorated with coloured lead-glazes

Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with dark brown slip, transparent blue-tinted, green, yellow, pale greenish-brown, and manganese-brown lead-glazes. The figure is supported on a rocky mound which is open underneath. The woman stands with her head turned a little to her left. She has her right hand tucked into the pocket slit in her skirt, and with her left holds a handkerchief up to her breast. She has brown hair, and wears a round green hat with the brim turned up at the front. Her pale greenish-brown dress has three-quarter length sleeves and a low neckline. It is is open at the front to show a yellow stomacher, a bluish-white apron and a dark brown petticoat. The mound is coloured green and manganese-brown.

Notes

History note: John Henry Taylor ( - ); sold Sotheby's, 14 November 1930, 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, lot 589.

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 7.9 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Burslem ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1930-11-14) by Sotheby's

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Circa 1783 - Circa 1800

Note

Probably made in the Burslem factory of Ralph Wood II (d. 1795), or possibly during the proprietorship of his son Ralph Wood III. The model was already in production by 1783, when an order from Messrs Josiah and Thomas Wedgwood to Ralph Wood, dated 16 November 1783 mentions among a long list of figures, '12 Sailors lasses' at 5d each for 5s. (Wedgwood Archives MSS 11496-12). Figures of this type were also probably made or sold by Ralph II's brother John Wood at his Brownhills factory.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lead-glaze ( clear blue-tinted, green, yellow, pale greenish-brown, manganese-brown, and dark brown)
Base Depth 7 cm

Materials used in production

cream Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, fired, and decorated with clear-blue-tinted, green, yellow, pale greenish-brown, manganese-brown, and dark brown lead-glazes

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DR/TR (or iTR)
  • Location: On inside of base
  • Method of creation: In black ink
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.38-1930
Primary reference Number: 74732
Glaisher Addition number: GL.Add.6-1930
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 February 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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