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Figure group (Spanish Peasant Worshipping (with sheep))
Spanish Peasant Worshipping
1780-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.008
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.008
Object Name
Figure group (Spanish Peasant Worshipping (with sheep))
Title
Spanish Peasant Worshipping
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1780-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside of base
Inscription: Rectangular adhesive printed label, "JOHNATHAN HORNE"
Type: Label
Location: Underside of base
Inscription: Circular orange adhesive label, handwritten in ink, "379"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Painted
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
6.25 (H) x 3 (W) x 4.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.875 (H) x 7.62 (W) x 12.065 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Possibly from same mold: p. 460, no. 294, possibly Ralph and Enoch Wood partnership, Burslem, Staffordshire, c. 1785. Notes John Wood's sales ledger references and similar figure types dating to Ralph and Enoch Wood partnership.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Color glaze example, probably from same mold: p. 81, with discussion of Wood's sales ledgers.