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Shepherdess
Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Cream earthenware figure of a shepherdess and lamb decorated with coloured lead-glazes
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted with clear blue-tinted, blue, pale green, pale yellow, dull brownish-pink, and brown lead-glazes, and gilded. The shepherdess and her lamb stand on a circular rocky base supported on a low square plinth which is hollow underneath and has a central circular ventilation hole under the figure. The shepherdess looks towards her left, and has her left arm raised to hold a crook, now missing. She wears a white cap with a round green hat perched on top of it, a chemise, a low-necked brown dress with a yellow petticoat, and a white apron which is draped over her right lower arm. A cluster of flowers and fruits rest on top of it. The lamb is seated on her left, and is looking round her skirt towards the viewer.
History note: Stoner & Evans, London
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 25.7 cm
7.8
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Method of acquisition: Bought (1930-11-14) by Stoner & Evans
18th century
Circa
1783
-
Circa
1793
Probably made in Burslem by Ralph Wood II, or after his death in 1795 by his son Ralph Wood III. Figures were also made by Ralph II's brother John at Brownhills.
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( clear blue-tinted, blue, pale green, pale yellow, dull brownish-pink, brown, and dark brown lead-glazes)
gold
Plinth
Depth 7 cm
Width 7 cm
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted with clear blue-tinted, blue, pale green, pale yellow, dull brownish-pink, and brown lead-glazes, and gilded.
Accession number: C.48-1930
Primary reference Number: 75246
Glaisher Additions Number: Gl.14-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Shepherdess" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75246 Accessed: 2023-04-01 08:51:06
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Accession Number: C.1581A-1928
Accession Number: C.44-1930
Accession Number: C.1581B-1928
Accession Number: C.793-1928
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