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Figure group (Venus and Cupid)
Venus and Cupid
1815-1825
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.035.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.035.001
Object Name
Figure group (Venus and Cupid)
Title
Venus and Cupid
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1815-1825
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round pink label, written in pencil, "209"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Classical
- Mythological
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
8.5 (H) x 3.875 (W) x 3.063 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.59 (H) x 9.843 (W) x 7.78 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Similarly posed color glaze example, very differently modeled: pp. 457-58, probably John Wood of Brownhissl or Enoch and Ralph Wood of Burslem, Staffordshire, c. 1785-95. Mated to Apollo. Details on period makers & terms.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similar example: p. 174Book: Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 1.
• Different models of enameled pearlware Venus and Neptune: p. 223, nos. 317-19, two of the Venuses with Leeds marks.Article: Schkolne, Myrna. 09//2023 Wedgwood Pearlware Figures. Ars Ceramica. No. 35 (2019): 26-37.
• Impressed "WEDGWOOD" example possibly by Ralph Wedgwood: p. 29, fig. 2F, with differently painted details.Book: Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 2.
• Late creamware version: p. 613, no. 1075 with Leeds markBook: Oliver, Anthony. 1981 Staffordshire pottery : the tribal art of England.
• Color-glazed version with group's mound on high, rectangular plinth with scroll feet: p. 10, no. 8