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Shepherd
Potter:
Wood, Ralph, II
(Probably)
Potter:
Wood, Ralph, III
(Possibly)
Earthenware figure of a shepherd with his dog decorated with coloured lead-glazes
Cream earthenware, press-moulded in parts, assembled, and decorated with translucent blue-tinted, and dark green, yellow and purplish-brown lead-glazes. The glazes are rather crudely applied, and there is an unglazed area on the viewer's right at the back of the base. The shepherd stands beside a tree stump on a roughly circular base with Rococo style scrolled and frilled sides and grassy top; the underside is hollow and unglazed. A sheep dog is seated beside him in front of the stump. The shepherd's left hand is raised to just above shoulder level, and his right arm and hand are extended towards the right. The crook originally in his left hand is missing. His hair is tied back in a bunch at the back, and he wears a round hat with a turned up brim, a pale blue shirt under a green unbuttoned jacket, yellow breeches, and brown shoes. A yellow bag is slung at his left side by means of a strap attached to his right shoulder by a brooch A brown cloak extends downwards from that shoulder to the back of the base.
History note: John Henry Taylor (1849-1930); sold Sotheby's, 14th 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 601
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1930-11-14) by Sotheby's
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1785
-
Circa
1800
Probably made in the factory of Ralph Wood II, or possibly his son, Ralph Wood III.
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( slightly tinted blue, and more strongly coloured green, yellow, and brown)
Base
Depth 8.6 cm
Width 8 cm
cream Earthenware
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded in parts and assembled, and decorated with translucent blue-tinted, and darker green, yellow and purplish-brown lead-glazes.
Accession number: C.43-1930
Primary reference Number: 75068
Glaisher Addition number: Gl.Add.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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