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Greyhound
Production:
Wood, Ralph, II
(Probably)
Production:
Wood, Ralph, III
(Possibly)
Production:
Wood, John, I, potter
(Possibly)
Cream earthenware decorated with clear yellowish lead-glaze over most of its surface with splashes of green and brown here and there on its body and the base. The greyhound is seated on an oval mound base which is open and glazed underneath. Its right leg is advanced, and its tail is curled on the ground on its left side.
History note: Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased for £5 on 5 April 1920 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1783
-
1801
Coloured glazed figures were made by Ralph Wood II after his return to Burslem from Bristol in 1782, and after his death in 1795 probably by his son Ralph Wood III. His brother John Wood's sales ledger covering the years 1783-7 indicates the he probably made and sold figures of this type, as well as purchasing them for resale from Ralph. It is not possible to attribute this greyhound specifically, and it could have been made by another potter in the area.
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( clear yellowish, green, and brown)
Base
Length 8.7 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Surface
cream Earthenware
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted with clear yellowish, green and brown lead-glazes
Inscription present: part of a pale brown paper label with a dark blue line round three sides
Accession number: C.837-1928
Primary reference Number: 76205
Old object number: 3800
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Greyhound" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76205 Accessed: 2024-12-26 12:24:51
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